Presence of Pseudoepiphyses in All the Metacarpal and Metatarsal Bones of a 9 Year-Old Girl: An Extremely Rare Case

Juan Garces Garces; Maria Emilia Arteaga; Diana Granda Gonzalez

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Presence of Pseudoepiphyses in All the Metacarpal and Metatarsal Bones of a 9 Year-Old Girl: An Extremely Rare Case

Juan Garces Garces, Maria Emilia Arteaga, Diana Granda Gonzalez

Published in American Journal of Pediatrics (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Received: 16 July 2017 Accepted: 31 July 2017 Published: 24 August 2017

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Abstract

Presentation of a 9 year-old girl case. An X-ray of her left hand, requested by her paediatrician to evaluate her bone age, revealed pseudoepiphyses in the non-epiphyseal ends of the five metacarpal bones. For this reason, X-rays were taken of the opposing hand and of the feet, which revealed that they had the same pseudo-epiphyseal pattern. X-rays of the rest of her skeleton did not reveal any other pathology. A clinical evaluation performed by a Geneticist did not show any syndromic association. The conclusion is that this is an extremely rare case of an isolated bone variant.

Published in	American Journal of Pediatrics (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajp.20170304.11
Page(s)	18-22
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Pseudoepiphyses, Physeal Notches, Supernumerary Epiphyses

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Juan Garces Garces, Maria Emilia Arteaga, Diana Granda Gonzalez. (2017). Presence of Pseudoepiphyses in All the Metacarpal and Metatarsal Bones of a 9 Year-Old Girl: An Extremely Rare Case. American Journal of Pediatrics, 3(4), 18-22. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajp.20170304.11

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Juan Garces Garces, Maria Emilia Arteaga, Diana Granda Gonzalez. Presence of Pseudoepiphyses in All the Metacarpal and Metatarsal Bones of a 9 Year-Old Girl: An Extremely Rare Case. Am J Pediatr. 2017;3(4):18-22. doi: 10.11648/j.ajp.20170304.11

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Juan Garces Garces

Image Department, Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador
Maria Emilia Arteaga

Genetics Department, GyneMedic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
Diana Granda Gonzalez

Pediatrics Department, Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador

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Juan Garces Garces, Maria Emilia Arteaga, Diana Granda Gonzalez. Presence of Pseudoepiphyses in All the Metacarpal and Metatarsal Bones of a 9 Year-Old Girl: An Extremely Rare Case. Am J Pediatr. 2017;3(4):18-22. doi: 10.11648/j.ajp.20170304.11

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