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Findings

IMAGE QUALITY

Portions of the patient’s anatomy are excluded from the field of view.

There are external structures overlying the patient’s pelvis, such as a backboard.

The image is rotated.

VISUALIZED LUMBAR SPINE

There are compression fractures.

There are transverse process fractures.

There is lumbar spine degeneration.

SACRUM and SACROILIAC JOINTS

There is malalignment at the inferior margin of the sacroiliac joints.

There are radiographic findings of sacroiliac inflammation or degeneration.

PUBIC SYMPHYSIS and RAMI

The pubic symphysis is widened or vertically incongruent.

There are radiographic findings of pubic symphysis inflammation or degeneration.

ILIAC BONES

HIPS/PROXIMAL FEMURS

Ilioischial lines are disrupted.

Iliopubic (iliopectineal) lines are disrupted.

Anterior walls of the acetabula (if ossified) are disrupted.

Posterior walls of the acetabula (if ossified) are disrupted.

Anterior walls of the acetabula (if ossified) are lateral to the posterior walls (“crossover sign”).

Acetabular roofs are discontinuous.

There are radiographic findings of hip osteoarthritis or inflammation.

The cortices of the femoral heads are irregular or indistinct.

Klein lines asymmetrically cross the femoral epiphyses or there is displacement of the femoral epiphyses with respect to the femoral necks.

The trabecular pattern of the proximal femurs is abnormal.

MISCELLANEOUS

The osseous mineralization is diffusely abnormal.

SOFT TISSUES

There are radio-opaque foreign bodies, lacerations, or soft tissue swelling.

There are other incidental soft tissue abnormalities.