Hutt Airyn,  Shaffer Laura,  Chandra Tushar,  Hayes Laura

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: SCI-024

The growing skeleton has a radiographically different appearance from an adult’s until late adolescence when the physes fuse. If unfamiliar with recognizing these differences on a radiograph, it is common for normal variants to be misinterpreted as fractures and referred to subspecialty orthopedic care. The arising consequences are avoidable; however, to educate caregivers providing interpretations of pediatric orthopedic radiographs we must first understand why and how often these misinterpretations occur. Read More

Authors:  Hutt Airyn , Shaffer Laura , Chandra Tushar , Hayes Laura

Keywords:  Radiography, Normal Variants, Misinterpretations