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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Image shows subchondral sclerosis and radiolucency in the left femoral head (stage II disease). The femoral head is slightly smaller on the left than the right.
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. The left subchondral radiolucency is more readily demonstrated on a frog-leg view and represents subchondral fracture.
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Image shows left femoral subchondral sclerosis and radiolucency.
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Image shows left femoral subchondral sclerosis and radiolucency.
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Image shows flattening and early fragmentation of the left femoral head with the presence of femoral neck cysts. The femoral head is obviously smaller on the left than on the right.
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Image shows loss of structural integrity of the right femoral head. Also note lateral extrusion of the right femoral head.
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Coronal T1-weighted image demonstrates irregularity and distortion of the right femoral head in this 7-year-old child with known Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Image courtesy of Radiopaedia.org, contributed by Dr. Roberto Schubert, published at http://radiopaedia.org/cases/legg-calve-perthes-disease-4.
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