MR demonstrates cartilaginous megaepiphyses of the hips in Kniest dysplasia of the young child.
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.
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Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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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*