Isolated nasal bone fracture

Case contributed by Bálint Botz
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fell with electric scooter. Abrasion and swelling of the nose.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male

Minimally displaced fracture of the nasal crest with small soft tissue air foci. 

Otherwise unremarkable study (note the incidental frontoparietal wormian bone with no clinical significance).

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