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Pediatric MSK Imaging

Content Reviewed: September 28, 2021

Mastery Series
Preview Course

4.25 CME

85 DICOM Case Files

73 Videos

4 hr. 13 min. of video

Course Description

When it comes to imaging – pediatric patients aren’t just tiny adults. Differences range from the obvious appearance of an open growth plate to the more nuanced signal intensities of ossification centers. Knowing when something is abnormal and when it’s a normal presentation for a patient’s age is part of what makes pediatric imaging so challenging. In Dr. Thapa’s latest series we’ll take a look at cartilage injury and abnormalities in the pediatric community.

Some of the diagnoses included in this series include:

  • Salter-Harris Fractures
  • FOPE Lesions
  • Tug Lesions
  • Avascular Necrosis
  • Osteochondral Defects
  • Blount Disease
  • And more…

When it comes to imaging - pediatric patients aren't just tiny adults. Differences range from the obvious appearance of an open growth plate to the more nuanced signal intensities of ossification centers.

Faculty

Mahesh Thapa, MD, MEd, FAAP

Division Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging, and Director of Diagnostic Imaging Professor

Seattle Children's & University of Washington

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2 m

Introduction to Pediatric Imaging

2 m

Hyaline Cartilage Anatomy

2 m

The Physis & Calcification Centers

3 m

Epiphyseal Cartilage

4 m

Fibrocartilage & Hyaline Cartilage

5 m

MR Appearance of Cartilage In Different Age Groups

4 m

FOPE

4 m

Lymphoma of the Bone

11 m

Blount Disease

4 m

Gymnast’s Wrist

4 m

Pre-ossification Centers

2 m

Elbow Effusion

2 m

OCD In the Elbow

3 m

Trochlear OCD on MRI

2 m

Trochlear OCD on Arthrogram

2 m

Ultrasound Guided Arthrogram Injection

2 m

OCD In the Capitellum, Loose Body

3 m

Avascular Necrosis in the Elbow

3 m

The Fish Tail Deformity

3 m

OCD In the Knee, LAME

4 m

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease on X-Ray

2 m

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease on MRI

4 m

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

4 m

Abscess

4 m

Infection in the Physis

2 m

Tug Lesion

6 m

Salter-Harris Classification System

4 m

Salter-Harris Fracture on X-Ray

2 m

Salter-Harris 2 in the Shoulder

2 m

Salter-Harris 3 in the Knee

2 m

Salter-Harris 3 on CT Imaging

3 m

Indications for MRI in a Pediatric Shoulder

3 m

Performing Arthrograms in the Shoulder

2 m

Ultrasound Guidance in Shoulder Arthrogram

2 m

Salter-Harris 5 on MRI

3 m

Physeal Injury, Cartilage Deformity

5 m

Chondroblastoma in the Knee

5 m

Chondroblastoma in the Ankle

4 m

Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine Avulsion

5 m

Anterior Talofibular Ligament Avulsion

4 m

PCL Tear in a Skeletally Mature Patient

4 m

Jersey Finger

4 m

Cuboid Impaction Fracture

4 m

Femoroacetabular Impingement

10 m

Panner Disease

2 m

Osteochondral Lesion of the Radial Head

4 m

Osteochondral Lesion

4 m

Discoid Meniscus

6 m

Discoid Meniscus, Wrisberg Variant

4 m

Plica

3 m

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

5 m

Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS)

4 m

Osteomyelitis

3 m

Anorexia Nervosa

3 m

Chondroblastoma

3 m

Chondroblastoma in the Shoulder

4 m

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

3 m

Lipoblastoma

3 m

Leukemia

4 m

Leukemia, Assessing for Asymmetry

3 m

Myositis Ossificans

2 m

Normal Patchy Bone Marrow

3 m

Osteoblastoma

4 m

Adamantinoma verus Osteofibrous Dysplasia

2 m

Osteoid Osteoma in the Foot

3 m

Osteoid Osteoma in the Finger

2 m

Salter-Harris Classification

4 m

Salter-Harris I Injury

2 m

Salter-Harris II Injury

2 m

Salter-Harris III Injury

2 m

Salter-Harris IV Injury

2 m

Course Evaluation