Radiologic Clues Play Key Role in Identifying Domestic Abuse, Sexual Assault

When a young woman arrived at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston with an acute nasal bone fracture superimposed on an older, healed fracture, her primary physician didn’t think twice about the injury’s origin. But when principal study investigator and radiologist Bharti Khurana, MD, examined the patient’s medical imaging records, she found something unexpected—a recent wrist fracture.

Source: RADIOLOGY BUSINESS