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Table 3 Location of focal signal abnormality marrow lesions (number of cases = 38/42, ~ 90.5%)

From: The added value of chemical shift imaging in evaluation of bone marrow changes in sickle cell disease

 

Location

No. of lesions

Percent

Osteonecrosis (34/38 cases ~ 89.5%) (n. of lesions = 153 )

Femoral head

46

~ 30.1%

Femoral shaft and trochanteric region

43

~ 28.1%

Pelvic bones

31

~ 20.2%

Sacral

12

~ 8%

Tibial

5

~ 3.3%

Fibular

3

~ 2%

Vertebral

5

~ 3.3%

Humeral

8

~ 5%

Osteomyelitis (4/ 38 cases ~ 10.5%) (n. of lesions = 4)

Left femoral

2

50%

Right tibial

1

25%

Left tibial

1

25%