SCENARIO 6: A patient, Ms. Stokes, a…
SCENARIO 6: A patient, Ms. Stokes, arrives to the radiology department from the emergency room with injuries to the base of her vertebral column that radiates toward the left side. A 3-view sacrum and coccyx examination and an anterior view of the sacroiliac joints are ordered comprised of AP Axial Sacrum, AP Axial Coccyx, Left Lateral Sacrum and Coccyx views as well as an AP Axial Sacroiliac joints view. As you begin, Ms. Stokes is in a great amount of pain so you begin with the patient in the prone position for the axial projection of the coccyx. What is the correct central ray angle for this projection?
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