title: Diagnosis from single-digit radiography.
abstract: This pictorial assay illustrates the value of plain radiographs of the digit in diagnosing disease in children. Although the hand is regarded as a mirror of disease, the finger often points to the correct diagnosis. The authors present a series of cases for which a coned-down view of a single digit is given. In some cases the findings indicate a specific diagnosis, whereas in others only a differential diagnosis is possible. The radiographic findings and a brief differential diagnosis, as well as the definitive diagnosis, are presented for each case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Soboleski
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Babyn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005627:Frostbite / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007715:Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008059:Mucopolysaccharidosis I / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging