The underlying bone is irregular and shows a periosteal reaction, which based on the initial injury, had originally been interpreted as a subcutaneous hematoma with granulation tissue.

Aaron Nola MRI results reveal rib stress reaction According to Thomson, an MRI showed the injury. There is no apparent cause. "He doesn't really remember the moment that it happened," said Thomson.

Conclusions Twenty-five bone stress injuries were reported, more commonly in women, mostly in the lower extremities and most commonly in track and field athletes. Our study demonstrates the importance ...

Similar appearance can be appreciated on MRI as well, where the ossified newly formed periosteal bone reaction shows low signal on all of the sequences and the actively proliferating soft tissue mass ...