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This article outlines the causes of bone marrow edema and classifies them by mechanism into congestive, vasogenic, traumatic, and tumorigenic forms. In particular, the article focuses on traumatic edema, emphasizing the differing patterns on the basis of mechanism of injury, impaction, distraction, and shear-type injuries. Finally the article reviews the impact of understanding mechanisms in image interpretation and in patient management.
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Bone Marrow Diseases/classification , Bone Marrow Diseases/diagnosis , Bone Marrow Diseases/etiology , Edema/diagnosis , Edema/etiology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Humans , Wounds and Injuries/complications , Wounds and Injuries/diagnosisABSTRACT
Muscle edema is commonly encountered in patients following extremity trauma. This article presents an overview of differential considerations in patients presenting with muscle edema, and while focusing on trauma outlines causes on the basis of mechanism, vasogenic, congestive, traumatic, and tumorigenic edema.
