title: [The usefulness of the skeleton in the diagnosis of malformation].
abstract: Most malformation syndromes (70%) show evidence of skeletal anomalies, mainly in the vertebral bodies and in the bony segments of the limbs. This explains the importance of studying the skeleton when faced with any multi-malformation syndrome, using techniques like CT, MRI, echography and densitometry as well as standard radiology. To increase the quantity of information available for diagnostic purposes it would be profitable to create a data bank containing all the possible radiological findings encountered in the numerous multi-malformation syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tarani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raguso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varrasso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lampariello
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome