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Xray for growth plates

2024-07-23 08:02:54
My friend’s height is 150 cm, age 19 years old. She wants to increase it to appear for govt jobs. What kind of X-ray needs to be done to check whether growth plates ve been fused or not ?
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Get a scanogram of both the lower limbs to know that whether any possibility is remaining
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Get serum calcium and vitamin D levels

Answered2024-08-07 13:42:14

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Growth plates are at the ends of long bones. X-ray of knee or wrist should be the answer. -but at 19 yrs. age all the growth plates are closed.

Answered2024-07-25 23:14:15

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Xray femur full length, tibia full length

Answered2024-07-23 08:32:40

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In Female, Growth plate closes soon after attaining menarche(Periods). MRI is the Investigation to know status of growth plates. In your Friend's case..It's no use..

Answered2024-07-24 13:56:17

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