PUNCTATE EPIPHYSES - A RADIOLOGICAL SIGN NOT A DISEASE

Authors
Citation
Ak. Poznanski, PUNCTATE EPIPHYSES - A RADIOLOGICAL SIGN NOT A DISEASE, Pediatric radiology, 24(6), 1994, pp. 418-424
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
24
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
418 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1994)24:6<418:PE-ARS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Punctate epiphyses are caused by a diverse group of conditions. They m ay be an inherited part of certain bone dysplasias or an incidental fi nding occurring occasionally in various disorders. The pattern of the puncta together with other radiologic findings aid in making the corre ct diagnosis.