These symptoms are due to a sub-periosteal hæmorrhage, and associated with this there may be crepitus from separation of an epiphysis, rarely from fracture of the shaft of the bone.
Blood extravasated deeply in the tissues gives rise to a firm, resistant, doughy swelling, in which there may be elicited on deep palpation a peculiar sensation, not unlike the crepitus of fracture.
Unnatural mobility and crepitus can usually be recognised, but, on account of the swelling and tenderness, the fracture is apt to be overlooked.
By flexing the knee the fragments may be brought into apposition and crepitus elicited.
Pain and crepitusmay be elicited on making this examination.
The pain and swelling in the region of the fracture often prevent crepitus being elicited, and as the deformity is not at once evident, the nature of the injury is liable to be overlooked.
In the impacted variety, the shortening seldom exceeds one inch; the eversion is less marked; there is some power of voluntary movement; and crepitus is absent.
No attempt should be made to elicit crepitus in a suspected case of Colles' fracture as the manipulations are painful, and are liable to increase the displacement.
A sensation simulating crepitus may be felt on palpating a part into which blood has been extravasated, or which is the seat of subcutaneous emphysema.
There is abnormal mobility--both from side to side and antero-posteriorly--and crepitus may be elicited.
Crepitus is usually detected on carrying out this manipulation; and the coracoid process is found to move with the arm and not with the scapula.
A peculiar soft grating or creaking sensation is often felt on attempting to move the joint; this is due to cartilaginous or ligamentous structures rubbing on one another, and must not be mistaken for the crepitus of fracture.
On grasping the elbow and moving the shaft, it is found that the head and tuberosities do not move with it, and unnatural mobility and crepitus at the seat of fracture may be detected.
The tibial fracture is readily recognised by detecting an irregularity on running the fingers along the crest of the shin, and at this point abnormal mobility, tenderness, and crepitus can usually be elicited.
On palpation, crepitus and an irregularity at the seat of fracture may sometimes be detected.
It was unable to put the left hind leg to the ground, and at the upper tuberosity of the ileum some crepitus could be distinguished.
A very distinct crepitus could be felt, and the dog cried sadly when the joint was moved.
On the following morning I had the arm frequently fomented: a very indistinct crepitus could be perceived at the point of the humerus: I applied another plaster higher up, and including the elbow.
Rotation and elevation of the limb require considerable force, and are practicable only to a very limited extent; during attempts at the former, as already mentioned, obscure crepitus is sometimes perceived.
The parts can not be moved one upon another so that crepitus is noticeable.
By seizing the spinous process it could be bent backward and forward, with the peculiar crepitus of fractured bone.
It is, in fact, only when the bone is broken into many pieces that crepitus may be detected, and even then it is slight.
Crepitus is, of course, denied us, and in nearly every instance the case is only diagnosed when the lameness persists and pus commences to form, or when grave changes in the normal shape of the foot compel our attention to the parts.
If, however, there is a sensation of crepitus conveyed to the examiner's hand upon passive motion, there is an arthritis present beyond doubt.
If the fibula alone be broken, abnormal mobility and crepitus may be elicited by pressing its tip inward with the index finger of the one hand while a finger of the other hand is placed at the seat of fracture.
The diagnosis in fractures produced by direct violence is made from the following: presence of severe localized pain; swelling; and, not infrequently, crepitus and abnormal mobility.
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