MR imaging of the spine is routinely performed for the assessment of patients with spine-related symptoms and of patients with cancer. This article addresses normal variants and frequent alterations of the vertebral bone marrow that are encountered on MR imaging studies and can simulate lesions.
Vande Berg, B., Lecouvet, F., Galant, C., Maldague, B., & Malghem, J. (2005). Normal variants and frequent marrow alterations that simulate bone marrow lesions at MR imaging. Radiologic Clinics of North America, 43(4), 761-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcl.2005.01.007 (Original work published 2005)