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Why The Second Impaction Fracture In The Femur Did Not Appear In The First MRI?
I have a healing proximal tibia fracture about 10 weeks from date injury and now at second mri have also found bone marrow odema in the femur just near the knee joint and a second impaction fracture in the femur which did not appear on the first mri. I want to know if this second fracture may have been missed at time of the first mri or how could it now be showing
Wed, 21 May 2014
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The images need to be analyzed in detail before saying that the fracture was missed on a previous MRI. The healing itself creates certain changes which can be appreciated at a later date. This is because healing causes sclerosis and callus formation which is absent at the time of injury. This can be a reason why the fracture was not easily visible earlier.
Thanks for writing in.
The images need to be analyzed in detail before saying that the fracture was missed on a previous MRI. The healing itself creates certain changes which can be appreciated at a later date. This is because healing causes sclerosis and callus formation which is absent at the time of injury. This can be a reason why the fracture was not easily visible earlier.
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