Refresher Course: Paediatric

RC 312 - Bone marrow findings

March 4, 11:30 - 12:30 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Ilze Apine, Riga / Latvia
15 min
Frequent and less frequent findings in healthy children
Simone Antonia Johanna Ter Horst, Utrecht / Netherlands
  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?
Lil-Sofie Ording Müller, Oslo / 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
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?