title: Physeal widening in children with myelomeningocele.
abstract: We report five examples of physeal widening in four children with myelomeningocele. In all cases there was rapid clinical resolution with the use of the patients' normal orthoses and minor limitation of activity, and there was no evidence of early epiphyseal closure or growth disturbance. We suggest that recognition of the pathological process before fracture occurred may explain the rapid return to normal.
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Bennet
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography