title: Metaphyseal cortical irregularities in children: a new perspective on a multi-focal growth variant.
abstract: The occurrence of metaphyseal cortical irregularities in adolescents in many different bones indicates a commonality of these lesions as a variation of normal growth, rather than a stress or avulsive by-product. The histologically recognized incomplete nature of the metaphysial cortex in children offers an attractive explanation for this phenomenon.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001846:Bone Development; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging