title: Melorheostosis of the hand in a 7-year-old girl.
abstract: Melorheostosis of the hand is rare. We report a 7-year-old girl who presented with a contracture of the left hand. Diagnosis was made by conventional radiography and bone scintigraphy. MRI proved to be a very useful tool to visualize the soft-tissue changes. This is especially important when surgical repair is considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Charité-Universtitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Virchow Klinikum, 13353, Berlin, Germany. andrea.sommer@stgag.ch
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Voelker
authors.forename: Ianina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Scheer
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keitzer
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amthauer
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stöver
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003286:Contracture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional