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ReviewPediatric radiology2026

Imaging of acute musculoskeletal infections in children and their differential diagnoses.

Morgan N McLuckey, Justine M Kemp, Arthur B Meyers

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Review in Pediatric radiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Interspinous Bursitis due toCase reports in pediatrics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Morgan N McLuckeyDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, United States.
Justine M KempCincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, ML 5031, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, United States.
Arthur B MeyersCincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, ML 5031, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, United States. arthurbmeyers@yahoo.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Musculoskeletal complaints are a frequent cause of emergency department visits in pediatric patients. While many of these visits are due to acute trauma, infection is also common and can cause substantial morbidity. This article provides a review of acute pediatric musculoskeletal infections with an additional emphasis on important differential diagnoses to consider. The scope includes cellulitis, abscess, necrotizing soft tissue infections, pyomyositis, infectious tenosynovitis, septic bursitis, septic arthritis, and osteomyelitis. Important differential considerations for these musculoskeletal infections will also be briefly reviewed.

Indexed as

Diagnostic ImagingMusculoskeletal DiseasesAcute DiseaseChildDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansEmergencyImagingInfectionMusculoskeletalOsteomyelitisPediatric

Identifiers

PMID41838106
PMCPMC13135002

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