Eleonora Villari, Vitoantonio Digennaro, Alessandro Panciera, Riccardo Ferri, Lorenzo Benvenuti, Faldini Cesare
Bone marrow edema (BME) is a frequent MRI finding in patients with knee pain. According to the etiology, BME of the knee can be classified into three main categories: ischemic, mechanic, and reactive. The diagnosis may be difficult, because of the specificity of symptoms and the poor radiographic findings. MRI is the gold standard, showing an area of altered signal of the bone with an high signal intensity on fat-suppressed, T2 weighted images, usually in combination with an intermediate or low signal intensity on T1 weighted images...
April 20, 2024: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery