Distal femoral cortical irregularity in a 13-year old boy. A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-381

  Verdonk, Peter C M ^a   Verstraete, Koenraad ^b   Verdonk, René ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISTAL FEMORAL CORTICAL IRREGULARITY; FEMUR; FEMUR TUMOR; FIBROMA; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL CYST; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMORAL NEOPLASMS; FEMUR; FIBROMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0043195567     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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