Can Swelling Hide a Fracture on an X-ray?

Calendar September 20, 2017

Question: Is it possible that when a person fractures their arm that it can be too swollen for the x-ray to be clearly read?

That is a common misconception.  The bones can be seen by x-ray with or without swelling.

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