Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Clinical cases and MR findings
From: Spica cast as an alternative to general anesthesia for lower limb MRI in young children
Case | Age (months) | Side | MRI indication | MRI findings | Artifact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | Left | Inguinal cellulite | Inguinal cellulite without underlying bone infection | No |
2 | 30 | Right | Ankle pain, fever, normal US | Tibial osteomyelitis | No |
3 | 34 | Right | Suspected femoral head osteonecrosis | Femoral head osteonecrosis | No |
4 | 17 | Left | Knee pain, fever | Knee arthritis without bone involvement | No |
5 | 15 | Right | Suspected popliteal cyst | Popliteal cyst | No |
6 | 36 | Right | Knee pain, fever | Femoral osteomyelitis | No |
7 | 18 | Left | Suspected osteoarthritis of the hip | Femoral head epiphysis infection | Yes |
8 | 6 | Left | Hemi-hypertrophy, foot edema | Benign vascular tumour of the foot | Yes |
9 | 23 | Right | Foot cellulite and positive scintigraphy | Normal | No |
10 | 32 | Left | Foot cellulite and positive scintigraphy | First metatarsal osteomyelitis | No |
11 | 22 | Left | Chronic hip pain, no fever | Greater trochanter osteomyelitis | No |
12 | 18 | Right | Chronic limping, no fever, normal X-rays | Knee arthritis without bone involvement | No |
13 | 24 | Right | Knee pain, no trauma, no fever | Normal | No |
14 | 30 | Right | Hip pain, no fever, US: hip effusion | Hip arthritis without bone involvement | No |