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Brodie abscess MRI
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Definitive diagnosis is made using MRI.
MRI
MRI
- MRI reveals characteristic signs;
- Double line…two lines located at the periphery of the cavity, outer low signal and inner high signal.
- Penumbra sign… discrete peripheral zone of marginally higher signal intensity than the abscess cavity and surrounding marrow sclerosis.[1]
- MRI images demonstrating Brodie abscess
References
References
- ↑ Ushijima T, Arai K (2020). “Treatment for Brodie’s abscess of the radius in an adolescent: A case report”. Int J Surg Case Rep. 73: 134–140. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.06.106. PMC 7371598 Check
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