title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine in bone dysplasias and related disorders.
abstract: This article discusses the role of magnetic resonance imaging in orthopedic and neurosurgical complications of the spine in developmental disease of bone. The importance of a basic knowledge of spinal deformities in dysplasias and related disorders is stressed, and on the basis of a simple classification, a differential diagnostic list for each category is presented and illustrated with some common disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Eich
mesh_terms: D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology*