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Title: | CT evaluation of medial clavicular epiphysis as a method of bone age determination in adolescents and young adults | Authors: | Ufuk, Furkan Ağladıoğlu, Kadir Karabulut, Nevzat |
Keywords: | adolescent adult bone age determination child clavicle computed tomographic angiography controlled study female human lung major clinical study male ossification prediction probability staging thorax young adult age diagnostic imaging epiphysis procedures retrospective study x-ray computed tomography Adolescent Adult Age Determination by Skeleton Age Factors Child Clavicle Epiphyses Female Humans Male Retrospective Studies Tomography, X-Ray Computed Young Adult |
Publisher: | AVES | Abstract: | PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the use of computed tomography (CT) staging of the medial clavicular epiphysis ossification in forensic bone age determination, and find a CT criterion to determine whether an individual is adult or not. METHODS Chest CT and pulmonary CT angiography exams of 354 patients between 10 and 30 years of age (mean, 21.4 years) were retrospectively evaluated for epiphyseal ossification phase of the bilateral medial clavicles (708 clavicles) and compared with the sex and chronologic age of the individuals. The ossification phase of the medial clavicular epiphyses was classified from stage I to stage V using a modified staging system. RESULTS Epiphyseal ossification center appeared from 11 to 21 years of age. Partial fusion occurred between 16 and 23 years of age. Complete fusion was first achieved at the ages of 18 and 19 years for male and female individuals, respectively. The probability of an individual being ?18 years old was 70.8% in stage III A and 100% in stages III B, IV, and V in females and males. CONCLUSION CT evaluation of the medial clavicular epiphysis is helpful in forensic age determination and stage III B can be used as a criterion to make the prediction that an individual is older than 18 years. © Turkish Society of Radiology 2016. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/9592 https://doi.org/10.5152/dir.2016.15355 |
ISSN: | 1305-3825 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu TR Dizin İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / TR Dizin Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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