Classical and unusual imaging appearances of melorheostosis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 593-600

  Suresh, S ^a   Muthukumar, T ^b   Saifuddin, A ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FASCIOTOMY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIP CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC RICKETS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INCIDENCE; JOINT; JOINT CONTRACTURE; LEG AMPUTATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOSAICISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; OSTEOCHONDROMA; OSTEOID OSTEOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCLEROTOME; SPLINT; SYMPATHECTOMY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; BONE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BONE AND BONES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELORHEOSTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149275645     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.02.004     Document Type: Review

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