Incidence and Evaluation of Incidental Abnormal Bone Marrow Signal on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Joint Authors
Rosenberg, Aaron S.
Jarboe, Jamie
Klein, Andreas
Cossor, Furha
Shah, Gunjan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-10-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Purpose.
The increased use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has resulted in reports of incidental abnormal bone marrow (BM) signal.
Our goal was to determine the evaluation of an incidental abnormal BM signal on MRI and the prevalence of a subsequent oncologic diagnosis.
Methods.
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients over age 18 undergoing MRI between May 2005 and October 2010 at Tufts Medical Center (TMC) with follow-up through November 2013.
The electronic medical record was queried to determine imaging site, reason for scan, evaluation following radiology report, and final diagnosis.
Results.
49,678 MRIs were done with 110 patients meeting inclusion criteria.
Twenty two percent underwent some evaluation, most commonly a complete blood count, serum protein electrophoresis, or bone scan.
With median follow-up of 41 months, 6% of patients were diagnosed with malignancies including multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, and metastatic adenocarcinoma.
One patient who had not undergone evaluation developed breast cancer 24 months after the MRI.
Conclusions.
Incidentally noted abnormal or heterogeneous bone marrow signal on MRI was not inconsequential and should prompt further evaluation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shah, Gunjan& Rosenberg, Aaron S.& Jarboe, Jamie& Klein, Andreas& Cossor, Furha. 2014. Incidence and Evaluation of Incidental Abnormal Bone Marrow Signal on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049397
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shah, Gunjan…[et al.]. Incidence and Evaluation of Incidental Abnormal Bone Marrow Signal on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049397
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shah, Gunjan& Rosenberg, Aaron S.& Jarboe, Jamie& Klein, Andreas& Cossor, Furha. Incidence and Evaluation of Incidental Abnormal Bone Marrow Signal on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049397
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1049397