title: Imaging of physeal bars in children.
abstract: The growth plate, also known as the physis or epiphyseal plate, is essential for longitudinal growth of bones in the immature skeleton. A variety of insults to the growth plate from trauma to infection to idiopathic causes can lead to physeal bar formation, an interruption in normal growth plate cartilage, where a bony or fibrous bridge develops between the metaphysis and epiphysis. This bridge restricts subsequent bone growth, leading to limb shortening and/or angular deformities. Early recognition of the presence of a physeal bar can help direct appropriate surgical management to restore linear growth of the bone.
authors: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors: David C
authors: DC
authors: Wang
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Deeney
authors: James W
authors: JW
authors: Roach
authors: Amisha J
authors: AJ
authors: Shah
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*