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What Does Heterogeneous Bone Marrow Signal On The MRI Indicate?
Question: What does heterogeneous bone marrow signal which may be secondary to anemia mean on an mri?
Brief Answer:
A normal change at your age.
Detailed Answer:
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Heterogenous bone marrow signals at your age could be an incidental finding. It can be due to fatty change, age related decreased vascularity or degenerative changes. This change at your age is a normal one as gradually the fatty bone marrow replaces the hematopoetic bone marrow. This is not suggestive of any pathology.
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A normal change at your age.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
Heterogenous bone marrow signals at your age could be an incidental finding. It can be due to fatty change, age related decreased vascularity or degenerative changes. This change at your age is a normal one as gradually the fatty bone marrow replaces the hematopoetic bone marrow. This is not suggestive of any pathology.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
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