The terminologies of transient, migratory, or localized osteoporosis, and bone marrow edema syndrome: a scoping review
Authors' conclusion
The terminology of these closely related entities is confusing and unstandardized.
Study context
- Population
- Publications reporting on patients with transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH), regional migratory osteoporosis (RMO), bone marrow edema syndrome (BMES) or related variants561 publications
- Participants
- 2,921 participants
- Outcome
- Diversity and frequency of diagnostic terms and vocabulary used in the literature
Methodological detailsComprehensive search of electronic databases and reference lists, Terminologies categorized by wording of titles, abstracts or texts
- Comprehensive search of electronic databases and reference lists
- Terminologies categorized by wording of titles, abstracts or texts
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Diagnostic terms used in publications on TOH, RMO and BMES
- TOH (most commonly used term)
- 257 (45.8%)
- RMO
- 34 (6.1%)
- BMES
- 57 (10.2%)
- Terms related to pregnancy
- three
- Terminology related to osteoporosis
- 76.3%
- Terminology related to bone marrow edema
- 18.2%
Further findings
Actual findings
- Bone marrow edema occurred as often as osteoporosis; osteoporosis generally ascertained by visual inspection of radiographs, seldom by bone densitometry
- Many publications used osteoporosis-related terms without evidence that osteoporosis had been detected
Original publication
The terminologies of transient, migratory, or localized osteoporosis, and bone marrow edema syndrome: a scoping review. Osteoporos Int. Published 9 October 2023. doi:10.
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