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The patient is a 45-year-old woman with a history of end-stage renal disease, congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes, and peripheral arterial disease who initially presented with nonhealing, bilateral foot ulcers. She subsequently underwent several podiatric medical surgeries due to persistent foot infections and poor wound healing. During her most recent hospitalization, MRIs of her feet were obtained, and findings of abnormal bone marrow signal were attributed to technical malfunction of the MRI coil or scanner. After troubleshooting sources of malfunction, a repeated MRI of the foot was obtained and again demonstrated the same bone marrow signal abnormalities; at this time, SABM was diagnosed. Knowledge of this condition can prevent the misinterpretation of SABM on MRI and prevent the waste of time and medical resources.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7547\/22-189","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,5]],"date-time":"2024-09-05T11:26:18Z","timestamp":1725535578000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Serous Atrophy of Bone Marrow in the Feet Diagnosed via Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"114","author":[{"given":"George J.","family":"Han","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ganesh M.","family":"Joshi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ryan","family":"Tai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","reference":[{"key":"B1","series-title":"Am J Surg Pathol","first-page":"56","article-title":"Gelatinous transformation of the bone marrow: the spectrum of underlying diseases","volume":"24","author":"B\u00f6hm J","year":"2000","unstructured":"B\u00f6hm J: Gelatinous transformation of the bone marrow: the spectrum of underlying diseases. 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