Bone Abstracts

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Background: Bone marrow edema (BME) is a localised bone lesion. We hypothesize that structural bone alterations increase the susceptibility to BME. Aim of this study was to analyse bone micro structure, bone mineral density (BMD) and serum fasting bone turnover marker (BTM) values in patients with BME.Methods: We compared 14 nonosteoporotic patients (43.7±19.2 years) with atraumatic BME of lower limb to 35 age-matched healthy controls (HC). HR-pQCT ...