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

Meeting name: SPR 2023 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2023

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

Keywords: Radiography, Normal Variants, Misinterpretations

Neural tube defects affect approximately 1/1000 pregnancies; left untreated these defects may lead to devastating consequences. The purpose of this presentation is to: 1) familiarize the reader with the normal anatomy seen on neonatal spine ultrasound, 2) describe normal variants often encountered on spine ultrasound, 3) provide an illustrated summary of spine embryology, and 4) discuss the various pathologies/disorders that may occur during each phase of spine embryology. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2023 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2023

Authors: Meyer Dustin, Chandra Tushar, Hayes Laura, Neville Kucera Jennifer

Keywords: Spine, Embryology, Ultrasound