Overview of Periosteal Reaction by Imaging

Bousson, Valérie MD, PhD
Bisseret, Damien MD
Kaci, Rachid MD

¹Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Lariboisière-Fernand Widal. APHP.Nord-Université de Paris, Paris, France
²Imagerie du bassin Lorientais, Lorient, France
³Service d'anatomopathologie, Hôpital Lariboisière-Fernand Widal. APHP.Nord-Université de Paris, Paris, France

Address for correspondence Valérie Bousson, MD, PhD, Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Lariboisière-Fernand Widal. APHP.Nord-Université de Paris, 2, rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France (e-mail: [email protected])

Conflict of Interest

None declared.

Issue Theme Bone Revisited - Diagnostic Strategies and Specific Entities; Guest Editor, Anne Cotten, MD, PhD

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology 27(4):p 421-431, August 2023. | DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770354

Abstract

The periosteum is a membrane that covers almost all bones in the body. It is a living structure but attracts little attention unless it reacts excessively. We highlight the important points in the anatomy, histology, and physiology of the periosteum, the stimuli and various aspects of periosteal reaction, and the main conditions underlying periosteal reaction.