X-Ray Skull Lateral View Procedure

The right or left lateral view of the skull demonstrates pathology such as skull fractures. The “lateral skull base” is one unique area of the skull base, situated at the side of the skull. This part of the skull base comprises structures called the temporal bone, infra-temporal fossa, clivus, and middle and posterior fossa.

This view is useful in assessing:

Skull fracture
Clivus
Sella turcica
Clinoid
Nasal Bone
Mandible fracture
Internal auditory meatus
Skull circumference
Paget disease
Neoplastic change
Ethmoid sinus
Orbits
Structure seen in the dental region
Mastoid sinus

Patient positioning

Sides of the patient are facing the Bucky and the head is then rotated such that the median sagittal plane is parallel to Bucky and the inter-orbital line is right angle to it.
Position the cassette transversely in the erect Bucky, such as the upper border is 5 cm above the vertex

Central ray

In the middle of the glabella and the external occipital protuberance
To a point that is 5 cm superior to the external auditory meatus.

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