title: MR imaging of bone marrow disorders.
abstract: This article discusses the MR imaging findings in osteomyelitis and septic arthritis. Criteria for differentiation of osteomyelitis from diabetic neuroarthropathy are presented. The article also presents an overview of MR imaging of avascular necrosis and criteria to differentiate transient osteoporosis from the edema pattern of avascular necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Deely
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Schweitzer
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009336:Necrosis; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis