A member asked:

I went to care now for xray, unrelated they said my tailbone was broken but it was old injury. can you tell from xray if broken bone is old injury??

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

Yes,: you can usually tell an old healed fracture from an acute fracture on xray. The sacrum/coccyx is sometimes problematic because it is often not well visualized on xray due to overlapping structures, and there is a wide range of normal angulation which can sometimes be mistaken for a fracture.

Answered 7/5/2019

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