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An unusual cause of rickets is illustrated by a patient with infantile multisystem inflammatory disease who, by age 2 years and 4 months, developed striking radiographic and clinical rickets restricted to those joints involved by the inflammatory process. The locally increased vascularity from his inflammation led to increased maturation at those sites so rapid as to override the usual enchondral calcification, thus causing a rickets pattern. Other sites, such as the proximal humeri, lacking any inflammation, showed no increased maturation rate and did not manifest local rickets. Rapid local bone maturation may cause localized rickets.
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Síndromes Periódicos Asociados a Criopirina/complicaciones , Raquitismo/diagnóstico por imagen , Raquitismo/etiología , Preescolar , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Statements have been made in the literature and in legal testimony that misrepresent the radiographic finding of concave distal end of the ulnar metaphysis. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate that a concave distal end of the ossified ulna in infancy can be normal. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty distal wrists of randomly selected infants in the first year of life with radiographic evidence that ruled out rickets were reviewed. RESULTS: In 16 of the cases (20%), mild or moderate concavity of the distal end of the ulna was seen. An intact metaphyseal collar of distal radius or ulna confirmed the absence of radiographic rickets. CONCLUSION: The finding of 20% of concave distal ulnas in the first year of life confirms the widely acknowledged statements that concave distal end of the ulna alone is not indicative of rickets. Statements to the contrary are not justified.
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Raquitismo/diagnóstico por imagen , Cúbito/diagnóstico por imagen , Articulación de la Muñeca/diagnóstico por imagen , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , RadiografíaRESUMEN
We report a normal radiographic finding that may be mistaken for child abuse trauma in the posterior thoracolumbar spinous processes of young infants after the first week of life. A lucency paralleling the posterior margin of the ossified spinous process is equivalent to the metaphyseal lucent bands seen normally after about a week of the child's age at the ends of long tubular bones. A similar lucency is seen just under the growth plate of vertebral bodies at that early age, giving the bone-in-bone appearance. Our index case was imaged at 3 weeks and then at 5 weeks of age, with no evidence of periosteal reaction or endosteal callus on that follow-up study, confirming the lack of fractures.
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Maltrato a los Niños/diagnóstico , Fracturas Óseas/diagnóstico por imagen , Placa de Crecimiento/diagnóstico por imagen , Vértebras Lumbares/diagnóstico por imagen , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Fracturas Óseas/complicaciones , Hematoma Subdural/complicaciones , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Fracturas Craneales/complicaciones , Hemorragia Subaracnoidea/complicaciones , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos XRESUMEN
Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that can affect multiple organ systems, including the brain, heart, lungs, and skin. Cutaneous manifestations are common, including ungual fibromas, however, these may be mistaken for other pathologies. Here, we present the case of a 14-year-old with TSC complaining of traumatic left little finger pain. Radiographic evaluation revealed cortical scalloping of the nailbed, concerning for a non-displaced fracture. Given the history of TSC, however, this defect may have also represented a periungual fibroma. The patient subsequently underwent conservative management and an eight-month radiographic follow-up showed no osseous remodeling, supporting the diagnosis of periungual fibroma. It is imperative for clinicians to understand the cutaneous manifestations of TSC to aid in proper diagnosis and avoidance of unnecessary treatment. In this case, interval follow-up confirmed the diagnosis and excluded fracture.
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Both the discovery of the x-ray and the founding of the National Medical Association (NMA) occurred in 1895. Radiologists have participated importantly in the NMA since the lecture of Dr Marcus F. Wheatland at the 1909 Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, which led to his election as president of the NMA for the following year. More recently, Dr Tracy M. Walton was president of the NMA in its centennial year. This article details early and continued participation in the NMA by radiologists, including the founding of the Section on Radiology in 1949, with its first chairman, Dr William E. Allen, Jr, longtime leader in radiology, the section, and the NMA.
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Radiología/historia , Sociedades Médicas/historia , Negro o Afroamericano/historia , Historia del Siglo XX , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
Because of the dangers of inappropriate placement of an umbilical vein catheter (UVC), knowledge of the proper pathway and tip localization is important. The acceptable ductus venosus/hepatic vein/inferior vena cava confluence location is compared to inappropriate localizations below and above the diaphragm, with emphasis on confusion about the position when the UVC tip is in the umbilical vein itself, including the umbilical vein recess. Small amounts of gas can inadvertently accompany initial UVC placement and provide landmarks for position evaluation.
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Cateterismo/efectos adversos , Cateterismo/métodos , Radiografía Intervencional/métodos , Venas Umbilicales/diagnóstico por imagen , Femenino , Humanos , Recién Nacido , MasculinoRESUMEN
A bone dysplasia is often a difficult diagnosis for the radiologist to achieve. However, principles of interpretation can make the task both interesting and often straightforward. In general, one of the factors of bone growth is in some way impaired, yielding an abnormal skeleton. To analyse what is impaired may greatly assist in narrowing the diagnostic possibilities. In most dysplasias, the affected growth factor is either one of enchondral or membranous bone growth. When interpreting bone radiographs for dysplasia one should be aware that aberrant positioning, that may lead to foreshortening in space, may simulate impaired growth in time. Dysplasia diagnosis for the paediatric radiologist is an art, but it can also be a science (as well as a pattern recognition challenge).
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Enfermedades del Desarrollo Óseo/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico por Imagen/métodos , Niño , Femenino , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Stress fractures of many etiologies are found not infrequently in various tarsal bones but are less commonly recognized in carpal bones. OBJECTIVE: To assess the distribution of tarsal and carpal stress fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During the last three decades, the senior author collected locations of tarsal and carpal bone stress fracture callus seen on plain radiographs. RESULTS: 527 children with tarsal and carpal stress fractures were identified (88 children had multiple bones involved). The totals were: calcaneus 244, cuboid 188, talus 121, navicular 24, cuneiforms 23, capitate 18, lunate 1, and scaphoid 1. Stress fractures were more frequently seen once we became aware each particular bone could be involved. CONCLUSION: Tarsal and carpal stress fractures in children are not rare. Careful perusal of these bones is urged in all susceptible children with limping or wrist pain.
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Articulación del Tobillo , Fracturas por Estrés , Articulación de la Muñeca , Articulación del Tobillo/diagnóstico por imagen , Huesos del Carpo/lesiones , Niño , Fracturas por Estrés/epidemiología , Fracturas por Estrés/etiología , Humanos , Radiografía , Estudios Retrospectivos , Huesos Tarsianos/lesiones , Articulación de la Muñeca/diagnóstico por imagenRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: Although articles have been published describing the relationship between news reports and the general medical literature, to our knowledge little has been published describing the relationship between radiology publications and news coverage. We present five instances of news stories centered on radiology publications or abstracts of presentations at national meetings and the effect of the media coverage within the medical community. CONCLUSION: The five examples show that news coverage can have a dramatic effect on advancing research findings and public health information published in radiology journals. Even when news coverage is inaccurate or sensationalized, the attention of the general public can drive change not only generally in medicine but also specifically in radiology.
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Medios de Comunicación de Masas , Radiología , Investigación , Congresos como Asunto , Humanos , Periodismo Médico , Salud Pública , Opinión Pública , EdiciónAsunto(s)
Accidentes , Artefactos , Huesos/anomalías , Huesos/diagnóstico por imagen , Huesos/lesiones , Maltrato a los Niños/diagnóstico , Fracturas Óseas/diagnóstico por imagen , Fracturas Óseas/patología , Intensificación de Imagen Radiográfica/métodos , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X/métodos , Femenino , Humanos , MasculinoAsunto(s)
Catéteres de Permanencia/efectos adversos , Hígado/diagnóstico por imagen , Hígado/lesiones , Venas Umbilicales/diagnóstico por imagen , Heridas Penetrantes/diagnóstico por imagen , Heridas Penetrantes/etiología , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Femenino , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Masculino , RadiografíaRESUMEN
Examples from our recent experience, as well as several reports in surgical and pediatric journals, proclaim the danger in children whenever more than one swallowed magnet travels beyond the stomach. They may attract across the thin walls of small bowel, causing ischemia, necrosis and perforation into the peritoneum. The radiologist or other healthcare worker seeing magnets in the abdomen on radiographs should consider the situation an emergency and recommend surgical treatment as soon as possible.