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

Frederiek Laloo; Marcela De La Hoz Polo; Saira Haque

doi:10.5334/jbsr.2673

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

J Belg Soc Radiol. 2021 Dec 10;105(1):84. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.2673. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Frederiek Laloo¹, Marcela De La Hoz Polo², Saira Haque²

Affiliations

¹ Ghent University Hospital, BE.
² King's College Hospital, London, GB.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Epiphyses; Femur; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Osteochondritis dissecans; Osteogenesis; Pediatrics.

Publication types

Case Reports