The pre-ossification center: normal CT and MRI findings in the trochlea.
The pre-ossification center represents the initial structural change in the development of the secondary ossification center. We report CT and MRI findings of a focus in the cartilaginous trochlea of an appropriately aged child compatible with the pre-ossification center.
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. vchapman@partners.org
Vernon Matthew
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Chapman
Katherine
K
Nimkin
Diego
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Jaramillo
D002648:Child; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed