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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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MRI findings in Osteomyelitis



- See: MRI of Spinal Osteomyelitis:

- Discussion:
    - may help identify associated abscesses, sequestra, and sinus tracts;
    - MRI may reveal specific changes in bone marrow;
    - in bone marrow, inflammatory exudate has decreased signal on T1
            as compared to normal marrow;
    - infected marrow will have higher signal on T2;




Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.