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