title: Development of the long bones in the hands and feet of children: radiographic and MR imaging correlation.
abstract: The long bones of the hands and feet in children have an epiphyseal end with a secondary center of ossification and an adjacent transverse physis. In contrast to other long bones in the body, the opposite end in the hands and feet, termed the non-epiphyseal end, is characterized by direct metaphyseal extension of bone to complete terminal ossification. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate the developmental stages of each end of the long bones of the hands and feet with radiographic and MR imaging to provide a foundation from which to differentiate normal from abnormal growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA. laor@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laor
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA.|Department of Radiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D005529:Foot Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development*; D050276:Hand Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods
keywords: Bone growth; Epiphysis; Foot; Hand; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metacarpal; Metatarsal; Pseudoepiphysis; Radiography