Painful bone marrow edema of the knee: differential diagnosis and therapeutic concepts.
Bone marrow edema (BME) is a common finding when patients with knee pain are evaluated by MRI. The typical MRI signal patterns for BME are nonspecific, however. This article categorizes painful BME of the knee joint into three distinct etiologic groups and briefly describes therapeutic approaches for each of the 12 different types of BME.
Hofmann
Siegfried
S
General and Orthopaedic Hospital Stolzalpe, 8852 Stolzalpe, Austria. hofmann.siegfried@aon.at
Kramer
Josef
J
Vakil-Adli
Anosheh
A
Aigner
Nicolas
N
Breitenseher
Martin
M
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal