Emergency Musculoskeletal Imaging in Children

• Main Authors: Swischuk, Leonard E. (Author), Jadhav, Siddharth P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.

This book is a practical guide to the radiologic evaluation of acute musculoskeletal injuries of the upper and lower extremities in children. It covers the detection of more subtle and frequently missed fractures and injuries such as buckle fractures, Salter Harris I and II fractures, and epiphyseal...

Table of Contents:

• General Considerations
• Infection/Inflammation and Infarction
• Tumors, Cysts and Tumor Mimickers
• Types of Fractures in Children
• Shoulder and Upper Arm Injuries of the Shoulder and Upper Humerus
• Elbow and Forearm
• Wrist and Hand
• Pelvis and Sacrum
• Hip and Femur/Femoral Shaft
• Knee and Leg
• Ankle and Foot
• Battered Child Syndrome/Non-Accidental Trauma.