Items tagged “paediatric”
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Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma
Hepatic mesenchymal hamartomas are uncommon benign hepatic lesions that are mostly seen in children under the age of 2. Some authors consider them to be developmental anomalies rather than cystic neoplasia 9,12.
Epidemiology
Hepatic mesenchymal hamartomas typically occur in children and neona...
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Epicondyle fracture (elbow)
Epicondyle fractures are common injuries in children. They represent 10% of all elbow fractures in children and usually occur in boys after a fall on an outstretched arm.
Medial epicondyle fractures comprise most of these injuries. They can usually be treated with splinting and early physiother...
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CLOVES syndrome
CLOVES syndrome is an acronym denoting a rare condition consisting of:
Congenital Lipomatous Overgrowth
Vascular malformations
Epidermal nevi
Skeletal/Scoliosis/Spinal anomalies
Terminology
Although first described as CLOVE the term "CLOVES" syndrome, with the "S" emphasizing the skeletal ...
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Apophyseal stress injury
Apophyseal stress injury is a chronic overuse injury of the apophysis and a relatively common type of injury in young athletes.
Terminology
This entity has often been termed 'apophysitis'. However, as the suffix '-itis' is usually used in inflammatory-mediated conditions, it is regarded by man...
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Half-moon sign (femoral neck)
The half-moon sign describes the morphology of bone marrow edema at the femoral neck on fluid-sensitive MRI sequences, which can be seen in osteoid osteoma or stress fractures 1-3.
Differential diagnosis
intra-articular osteoid osteoma
in patients without a history of overuse, it is highly s...
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Pediatric upper gastrointestinal contrast study
Pediatric upper gastrointestinal contrast study is a method of imaging the stomach and proximal small bowel in neonates and babies, predominantly performed to investigate potential small bowel malrotation and resultant midgut volvulus.
Indications
The study is most often performed in neonates...