Physeal widening in the knee due to stress injury in child athletes.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
The objective of our study was to describe the MRI appearance of and possible mechanism responsible for physeal widening in the knees of high-level child athletes. Widened physes in the knees of skeletally immature child athletes have MR signal characteristics similar to the normal physis but likely are a sign of stress injury. These children should cease the offending sport and rest the knee to allow rapid healing.
Medical subject headings
- Athletic Injuries
- Femur
- Fibula
- Knee Injuries
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Tibia