A pre-hospital team is assessing a trauma patient and suspects a Le Fort I fracture. What clinical finding would be expected on examination?...

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A pre-hospital team is assessing a trauma patient and suspects a Le Fort I fracture. What clinical finding would be expected on examination?

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Mobility of the hard palate and upper teeth relative to the rest of the facial skeleton - the maxilla separates horizontally at the level of the nasal floor

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Isolated nasal bone fracture

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Mandibular mobility and malocclusion

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CSF rhinorrhoea and bilateral periorbital haematoma

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Mobility of the entire midface including the orbits

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Le Fort I Fracture

A pre-hospital team is assessing a trauma patient and suspects a Le Fort I fracture. What clinical finding would be expected on examination?