Normal variants and frequent marrow alterations that simulate bone marrow lesions at MR imaging

Bruno C Vande Berg; Frédéric E Lecouvet; Christine Galant; Baudouin E Maldague; Jacques Malghem

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2005.01.007

Normal variants and frequent marrow alterations that simulate bone marrow lesions at MR imaging

Radiol Clin North Am. 2005 Jul;43(4):761-70, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2005.01.007.

Authors

Bruno C Vande Berg¹, Frédéric E Lecouvet, Christine Galant, Baudouin E Maldague, Jacques Malghem

Affiliation

¹ Saint Luc University Hospital, Université de Louvain, Hippocrate Avenue 10/2942, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. vandeberg@rdgn.ucl.ac.be

PMID: 15893536
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2005.01.007

Abstract

MR imaging of the spine is routinely performed for the assessment of patients with spine-related symptoms and of patients with cancer. This article addresses normal variants and frequent alterations of the vertebral bone marrow that are encountered on MR imaging studies and can simulate lesions.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bone Marrow / pathology*
Bone Marrow Diseases / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Hemangioma / diagnosis
Hematopoietic Stem Cells / pathology
Humans
Hyperplasia
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Spine / pathology*