Imaging in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Abstract

Imaging in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease should help assess the severity and the stage of the disease, detect severe forms earlier, and provide guidance to therapy. However, due to the complexity of the disease, not all examinations can be performed at the same time with the same goals. The scope of this work is to provide an overview of all imaging techniques available today, and to help understand when to use a particular examination. Advantages and limitations of plain radiographs, bone scintigraphy, magnetic resonance imaging, arthrography, computed tomography, and ultrasonography are identified.

• Authors: Alain Dimeglio, Federico Canavese
• Journal: The Orthopedic clinics of North America (Orthop Clin North Am) Vol. 42 Issue 3 Pg. 297-302, v (Jul 2011) ISSN: 1558-1373 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21742141 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Diagnosis, Differential
• Diagnostic Imaging (methods)
• Humans
• Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (diagnosis)
• Reproducibility of Results