Abstract
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to better define the T1-weighted MRI characteristics of surgically proven pedal osteomyelitis. CONCLUSION. Decreased T1 marrow signal in a geographic medullary distribution with a confluent pattern and concordance with fat-suppressed T2- and T1-weighted postcontrast signal abnormality was present in 100% of the surgically proven cases of pedal osteomyelitis. None of the patients with decreased T1 marrow signal in a subcortical distribution or in a hazy, reticulated pattern had surgically proven osteomyelitis regardless of the fat-suppressed T2-weighted or postcontrast T1-weighted findings.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 386-393 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | American Journal of Roentgenology |
Volume | 185 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2005 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging