Long Bone, Metaphyseal Bands and Lines Cheryl A. Petersilge, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Growth Arrest Lines Chronic Illness Trauma Normal Variant Disuse Osteoporosis Chemotherapy Malnutrition or Prolonged Hyperalimentation Hyperemia Heavy…
Splenic Mass Daniel J. Podberesky, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Perfusion Artifact Trauma Granulomatous Disease Lymphoma Acquired Cyst Hematoma Infarction Infection and Abscess Less Common Congenital Cyst Metastases Primary Tumor Rare…
COXA MAGNA DEFORMITY B. J. Manaster, MD, PhD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Developmental Dysplasia Hip (DDH) Less Common Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) Legg-Calvé-Perthes (LCP) Rare but Important Septic Hip…
Pneumoperitoneum Alexander J. Towbin, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Less Common Traumatic Bowel Injury Dissection from Pneumothorax or Pneumomediastinum Medications Appendicitis Iatrogenic Infection Rare but Important Spontaneous…
Anterior Mediastinal Mass Eric J. Crotty, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Thymus Rebound Thymic Hyperplasia Lymphoma Less Common Germ Cell Tumor Lymphatic Malformation Thymic Cyst Rare but Important Langerhans Cell…
Scrotal Pain Eva Ilse Rubio, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Epididymoorchitis Testicular Torsion Inguinal Hernia Torsion of Testicular/Epididymal Appendage Varicocele Hydrocele, Primary or Secondary Less Common Primary Neoplasm: Germ Cell Tumors,…
Bilateral Small Kidneys Sara M. O’Hara, MD, FAAP DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Cystic/Hereditary/Congenital Causes Glomerulonephritis Vasculitis Scarring Recurrent Infections Vesicoureteral Reflux Less Common Congenital Hypoplasia/Dysplasia Medically Induced/Iatrogenic…
Long Bone, Epiphyseal, Irregular or Stippled B. J. Manaster, MD, PhD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant in Child (Mimic) Osteonecrosis Legg-Calvé-Perthes (LCP) Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Less Common Rickets…
Bilateral Hydronephrosis Sara M. O’Hara, MD, FAAP DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR) Posterior Urethral Valves Neurogenic Bladder Less Common Megaureter Crossed Fused Ectopia Horseshoe Kidney Megacystis Megaureter Bladder Outlet…
Pseudoarthrosis Cheryl A. Petersilge, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Fracture, Nonunion Failed Graft Rare but Important Neurofibromatosis (NF) Congenital Pseudoarthrosis Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Fibrous Dysplasia Ankylosing Spondylitis, Post-Trauma ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Helpful…
