title: Normal variants and frequent marrow alterations that simulate bone marrow lesions at MR imaging.
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.
authors.affiliation: Saint Luc University Hospital, Université de Louvain, Hippocrate Avenue 10/2942, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. vandeberg@rdgn.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Bruno C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Vande Berg
authors.forename: Frédéric E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Lecouvet
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galant
authors.forename: Baudouin E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Maldague
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malghem
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology*