The Hand and Wrist: Congenital and Developmental Conditions
Fig. 9.1 Pronator fat plane in a 9-year-old girl. The fat that lies volar to the pronator quadratus muscle is well shown (arrow) 2 Carpal Coalition Carpal fusion or coalition…
The Foot and Ankle: Acquired Disorders
Fig. 16.1 Juvenile Tillaux fracture in an 11-year-old boy. (a, b) There is a nondisplaced Salter-Harris III fracture, with the vertical epiphyseal fracture line (arrow) lateral to Kump bump (arrowhead)….
Bone Marrow
Fig. 25.1 Histology of normal hematopoietic and fatty marrow. (a) Hematopoietic marrow is very cellular (white arrows) and has little fat (arrowhead). Supporting trabeculae (black arrow). (b) Fatty marrow has…
The Shoulder: Acquired Disorders
Hill-Sachs fracture: subchondral fracture along the posterolateral humeral head Bankart fracture: anteroinferior glenoid fracture Glenohumeral dislocations usually result from direct injury during contact sports. In children, these injuries are most…
The Hand and Wrist: Acquired Disorders
Fig. 10.1 Distal radial buckle fracture in a 6-year-old boy. (a, b) There is angulation of the distal radial metaphyseal cortex (arrows) Bicortical and more complex fractures are the result…
The Spine: Acquired Disorders
Fig. 4.1 Spondylolysis at L5. The arrow points to the bony defect in the pars interarticularis (Image copyright Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California) Box 4.1: Spondylolysis Frontal 30° cranial…
Non-accidental Trauma
Axial skeleton Appendicular skeleton Chest (AP, lateral, and bilateral obliques to include the upper lumbar spine Humeri (AP) Pelvis (AP), to include the mid-lumbar spine Forearms (AP) Lumbosacral spine (lateral)…
Bone Density
Fig. 26.1 Rationale for measuring bone in children. Bone properties in children may predict childhood fractures as well as osteoporosis and fractures during adulthood Assessing bone deficiency in children is…
Musculoskeletal Imaging Strategies and Controlling Radiation Exposure
Fig. 1.1 The first recorded image of an infant, published in the Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy in May 1896. Note the apparent situs inversus (no markers to indicate side) Imaging,…
Normal Development
Fig. 2.1 Homogeneous appearance of femoral head cartilage in a 6-month-old. (a) Coronal T1-weighted (T1-W) image shows the epiphysis (asterisk) is of homogeneous intermediate signal intensity. (b) Coronal gradient echo…
