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ArticleCureus2020

Lower Limb Pain Attributed to Bone Marrow Edema Syndrome: A Commonly Ignored Pathology.

Theodore Balfousias, Efthimios J Karadimas, Despoina D Kakagia, Alexandros Apostolopoulos, Athanasios Papanikolaou

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Theodore BalfousiasOrthopaedics, Korgialenio-Benakio Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Efthimios J KaradimasOrthopaedics, General Hospital Hellenic Red Cross "Korgialenio-Benakio, Athens, GRC.
Despoina D KakagiaPlastic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, GRC.
Alexandros ApostolopoulosOrthopaedics, East Surrey Hospital/Surrey and Sussex Healthcare National Health Service Trust, Redhill, GBR.
Athanasios PapanikolaouOrthopaedics, General Hospital Hellenic Red Cross "Korgialenio-Benakio", Athens, GRC.
Democritus University of Thrace · GRHellenic Red Cross · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone marrow edema syndrome (BMES) is a highly uncommon, self-limited syndrome of unclear etiology. The syndrome most commonly affects middle-aged men. Magnetic resonance imaging is essential for the diagnosis because of the characteristic pattern of bone marrow edema. The diagnosis of BMES is a challenge for clinicians. Other causes of lower extremity pain, with poor prognosis, must be excluded. We present three cases of BMES. All three patients initially complained of mild lower extremity pain, which progressively deteriorated and led to a severe limitation of their daily activities. They were all treated conservatively by weight-bearing restriction and symptoms resulted within a few months. The aim of the present study is to outline this rare, benign pathology.

Indexed as

bone marrow edemalower limb painmuskuloskeletal mritransient osteoporosis of the hip

Identifiers

PMID32426191
PMCPMC7228798
OpenAlexW3016678521

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