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From: Concomitant septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of the hip in young children; a new pathophysiological hypothesis suggested by MRI enhancement pattern

Fig. 2

a and b - 10 month-old boy a) coronal contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed T1W : femoral epiphyseal nuclei are present. The pathological right femoral cartilage lacks the « striate » normal aspect (white arrows on the left side), the nucleus is uniformly hypointense (red arrow on the right side) in comparison with the normal side (arrowheads) and the surrounding ring does not enhance. Metaphyseal right region shows no abnormalities. b) X Ray study performed one month later. A small lytic lesion is visible on the metaphyseal side of physis (arrows) on the right side

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