Radiation induced fatty marrow replacement

Case contributed by Ian Bickle , 11 Jul 2016
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky, 27 Oct 2019

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 58 to 60 years .
Gender changed from to Female.
Diagnostic Certainty was set to .
Body was changed:

This example shows fatty replacement of the bone marrow due to radiation therapy. After 3-6 weeks marrow cellularity is replaced by central fat predominantly surrounding the basivertebral veins.  Hence on all MRI sequences in the zone of radiation therapy, the bones return signal consistently with fat.

  • -<p>This example shows fatty replacement of the bone marrow due to radiation therapy. After 3-6 weeks marrow cellularity is replaced by central fat predominantly surrounding the basivertebral veins.  Hence on all MRI sequences in the zone of radiation therapy the bones return signal consistently with fat.</p>
  • +<p>This example shows fatty replacement of the bone marrow due to radiation therapy. After 3-6 weeks marrow cellularity is replaced by central fat predominantly surrounding the basivertebral veins.  Hence on all MRI sequences in the zone of radiation therapy, the bones return signal consistently with fat.</p>

How to use cases

You can use Radiopaedia cases in a variety of ways to help you learn and teach.

Creating your own cases is easy.

Updating… Please wait.

 Unable to process the form. Check for errors and try again.

 Thank you for updating your details.