Distal Femoral Cortical Irregularity in children


Published online: Sep 27 2015

Keiichi MURAMATSU, Yasuhiro TOMINAGA, Takahiro HASHIMOTO, Toshihiko TAGUCHI

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Abstract

Cortical abnormalities at the distal postero-medial femoral metaphysis may be relatively common. We reviewed the plain radiographs of 197 knees in 130?children aged between 5 and 12 years to investigate the incidence of distal femoral cortical irregularit