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The radiological manifestations of tumorsimulating marrow heterotopia (MH) as seen on conventional radiography or computerized tomography (CT) have been described in detail in other parts of this chapter and by other investigators [4, 6, 8]. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has great potential for clinical evaluation of bone marrow disorders. This is due to its inherently high contrast resolution, its lack of streak artifacts from thick cortical bone, and its proven utility in the evaluation of soft tissue neoplasms. Thus, three patients suffering from thalassemia major or sickle cell anemia and presenting MH were studied in our institution by MRI (Table 1).
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Trakadas, S. et al. (1989). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Marrow Heterotopia in the Hemoglobinopathies. In: Papavasiliou, C., Cambouris, T., Fessas, P. (eds) Radiology of Thalassemia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72587-6_13
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