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EPIPHYSE CONE [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An epiphyseal center which is partially or completely buried in the metaphysis, and usually with the shape of a cone, seen in many dysostoses and dysplasias. [From PAROE, 1972, pp. 63, 64.]

OBS

A ball and socket configuration is similar except that the center is more rounded than cone-shaped, and results from acquired central fusion of the distal femoral growth plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Déformation en pointe de la partie métaphysaire de l’épiphyse, qui s’enfonce dans la métaphyse déformée en «V»; cet aspect est évocateur de nombreuses dysostoses et dysplasies, mais peut être rencontré chez le sujet normal. [D’après EMSQU, 30320, A10, s.d., p. 7.]

OBS

source d : EMSQU, 30320, A10, s.d., p. 7.

Spanish

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