title: MR demonstrates cartilaginous megaepiphyses of the hips in Kniest dysplasia of the young child.
abstract: MR imaging of a 2-year-old girl with Kniest dysplasia revealed abnormally large cartilaginous femoral heads. Although ossification of the femoral head is delayed in Kniest dysplasia, it is nonetheless also a megaepiphyseal growth center with respect to the cartilage model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Oestreich
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Prenger
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000473:pathology*; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000175:diagnosis*