Refresher Course: Paediatric

RC 1412 - Bone marrow findings

February 28, 12:30 - 13:30 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Emili Inarejos, Barcelona / Spain
15 min
Frequent and less frequent findings in healthy children
Karen Rosendahl, Tromsø / Norway
  1. To describe the normal pattern of bone marrow conversion in the maturing skeleton.
  2. To list the most common sites of residual red bone marrow.
  3. To name at least three sites of physiological/self-limiting bone marrow changes in healthy children.
15 min
Optimal protocol: how to increase specificity and when to use extra sequences?
Elisabeth Von Brandis, Tromsø / Norway
  1. To learn about the basic imaging protocol for bone-marrow imaging with a focus on whole-body MRI.
  2. To describe the most relevant additional MRI sequences in equivocal bone marrow findings.
  3. To discuss when and how to apply extra sequences in bone marrow imaging.
15 min
When to biopsy, when to follow, when to ignore
Laura Tanturri De Horatio, Roma / Italy
  1. To illustrate the bone marrow findings, which have no alarm features.
  2. To list the red flags that require prompt biopsy.
  3. To show examples of pathologies where MRI may play a decision-making role.
10 min
Panel discussion: How to improve differential diagnosis between variants and pathology?