Radiographic appearance of healed extremity fractures in children with spinal cord lesions.
The radiographic changes of healed extremity fractures in eight children with spinal cord lesions included cortical thinning and metaphyseal splaying. A history of a spinal cord lesion such as meningomyelocele should alert the radiologist to the possibility of a healed fracture causing metaphyseal flaring.
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University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Lexington.
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D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D014945:Wound Healing