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Original article| Volume 21, ISSUE 4, P237-240, July 1997

Epiphyseal growth arrest lines MR findings

  • Lawrence Yao
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    Address reprint requests to: Lawrence Yao, MD, UCLA Department of Radiological Sciences, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 165-45, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6952.
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    Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Leanne L. Seeger
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    Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0899-7071(96)00051-4
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      Abstract

      We present two cases in which MR exams revealed unusual, low signal intensity lines in the marrow space of epiphyses. These epiphyseal lines were smooth and regular, creating a bone-in-bone appearance. These lines were much more conspicuous on MR than on radiographs, partly because of adjacent alterations in trabecular architecture. A history of prolonged immobilization during childhood in both cases suggests that these lines represent growth arrest lines persisting in the epiphyses.

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      Publication history

      Accepted: March 7, 1996
      Received: January 10, 1996

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0899-7071(96)00051-4

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      © 1997 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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