Table 2 |
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Lesions identified on baseline scans in 2.3% of healthy subjects (14 of 601) |
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| Lesion |
Gender |
Age in years |
Outcome (investigation: final diagnosis/diagnoses) |
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| Enchondroma |
Female |
54 |
Panel review: enchondroma |
| Enchondroma |
Female |
57 |
Panel review: enchondroma |
| Intramedullary lesion |
Female |
56 |
Panel review: benign enchondroma |
| Enchondroma |
Female |
61 |
X-ray, multi-slice computed tomography, panel review: lobulated enchondroma |
| Enchondroma |
Male |
72 |
X-ray, panel review: enchondroma |
| Marrow hyperplasia |
Female |
50 |
Physician review: haemoglobin 13.2 g/dL, blood donor, no additional reason for marrow
hyperplasia |
| Marrow hyperplasia |
Female |
52 |
Haematological review: known anemia secondary to bleeding |
| Marrow hyperplasia |
Female |
54 |
Physician review: full blood examination stable over 2 years, no reason for marrow
hyperplasia identified |
| Marrow hyperplasia |
Female |
60 |
Haematological review: anemia identified and treated |
| Ganglion |
Male |
73 |
Orthopedic surgeon and panel review: neuroma or soft tissue lesion identified. Ganglion
likely. Differential diagnoses: haemangioma. Meniscal tear, chondromalacia patellae |
| Geode |
Male |
66 |
X-ray, MRI: medial meniscal tear, cartilage loss, medial femoral condyle and patellar
cartilage, reactive marrow oedema, infra-patellar bursitis, osseous ganglion |
| Fibrous cortical defect |
Female |
52 |
X-ray, MRI: healed fibrous cortical defect |
| Baker cyst, atypical |
Male |
60 |
MRI: grade IV chondromalacia patella, medial meniscal tear, atypical Baker cyst (posteromedial
joint line) |
| Ganglion |
Female |
63 |
Panel review: ganglion |
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MRI, magnetic resonance imaging. |
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