Imaging Pitfall in the Pediatric Knee: Irregular Epiphyseal Ossification at the Femoral Condyle.

Frederiek LalooMarcela De La Hoz PoloSaira Haque

Published in: Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology (2021)

Teaching point: Age-related variability in endochondral ossification of the femoral condyles in children is a normal variant of skeletal maturation and should not be misdiagnosed as osteochondritis dissecans or any other epiphyseal abnormality.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
high resolution
young adults
fluorescence imaging
photodynamic therapy
childhood cancer