Magnetic resonance imaging depiction of tight iliotibial band in melorheostosis associated with severe external rotation deformity, limb shortening and patellar dislocation in planning surgical correction
Osgood GM, Lee F, Parisien MV, Ruzal-Shapiro C. Magnetic resonance imaging depiction of tight iliotibial band in melorheostosis associated with severe external rotation deformity, limb shortening and patellar dislocation in planning surgical correction. Skeletal Radiology 2001, 31: 49-52. PMID: 11807595, DOI: 10.1007/s00256-001-0443-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIliotibial bandPatellar dislocationSurgical correctionExternal rotation deformityExternal rotational deformityIliotibial band tightnessTight iliotibial bandDistal femoral epiphysisMagnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging depictionFemoral shorteningMR signal changesRotation deformityGenu valgumSkeletal surveyLimb shorteningLower extremitiesRotational deformityFemoral shaftFemoral epiphysisFemoral headResonance imagingPhalangeal bonesSubcutaneous layerDeformity