Evaluation of suspected musculoskeletal infection in children over 2 years of age using only fluid-sensitive sequences at MRI.

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to evaluate whether an MRI protocol with only fluid-sensitive sequences can be used to evaluate for musculoskeletal (MSK) infection of the pelvis and limbs in children.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study analyzed 90 contrast-enhanced (CE) MRI studies from 88 consecutive patients (52 boys and 36 girls; mean age 9 ± 4.3 years; range 2-17) that were performed for the clinical suspicion of MSK infection.

Isolated torsion of the fallopian tube in a menarchal 11-year-old girl.

Isolated torsion of the fallopian tube is a rare cause of an acute lower abdominopelvic pain in adolescent females that is difficult to recognize preoperatively. This is a case report of an 11-year-old girl who presented with a right lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting secondary to isolated torsion of the right fallopian tube 2 days after the onset of her first menses. In this report, the patient's clinical course is discussed with special emphasis on diagnostic imaging and management strategy of adnexal torsion in pubertal and adolescent girls.