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The pre-ossification center: normal CT and MRI findings in the trochlea

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The pre-ossification center represents the initial structural change in the development of the secondary ossification center. We report CT and MRI findings of a focus in the cartilaginous trochlea of an appropriately aged child compatible with the pre-ossification center.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Vernon Matthew Chapman, Katherine Nimkin & Diego Jaramillo

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Chapman, V.M., Nimkin, K. & Jaramillo, D. The pre-ossification center: normal CT and MRI findings in the trochlea. Skeletal Radiol 33, 725–727 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-004-0773-y

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