The pre-ossification center: normal CT and MRI findings in the trochlea

Vernon Matthew Chapman; Katherine Nimkin; Diego Jaramillo

doi:10.1007/s00256-004-0773-y

The pre-ossification center: normal CT and MRI findings in the trochlea

Skeletal Radiol. 2004 Dec;33(12):725-7. doi: 10.1007/s00256-004-0773-y. Epub 2004 Aug 19.

Authors

Vernon Matthew Chapman¹, Katherine Nimkin, Diego Jaramillo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15322770
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-004-0773-y

Abstract

The pre-ossification center represents the initial structural change in the development of the secondary ossification center. We report CT and MRI findings of a focus in the cartilaginous trochlea of an appropriately aged child compatible with the pre-ossification center.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Elbow Joint / physiology*
Growth Plate / physiology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Osteogenesis / physiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*