Bone infarcts

Case contributed by Amr Farouk , 7 Sep 2016
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Amr Farouk, 23 Sep 2016

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50 years old female patient with bilateral knee pain more on the left side
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Geographic medullary areas of serpiginous borders and double line sign on T2WI are diagnostic of bone infarctinfarcts.

  • -<p>Geographic medullary areas of serpiginous borders and double line sign on T2WI are diagnostic of bone infarct.</p>
  • +<p>Geographic medullary areas of serpiginous borders and double line sign on T2WI are diagnostic of bone infarcts.</p>

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Findings was changed:

Geographic medullary areas of serpiginous borders are seen implicating the metaphyses of the distal femur, proximal tibia and patella of the left knee elicitingT1 serpiginous peripheral low signal andcentral marrow signal. Double-line sign seen on T2WI.

Osteoarthritis and joint effusion are noted as well.

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