[MR tomography of the bone marrow in malignant systemic diseases. Diagnosis and therapeutic follow-up control]

This paper presents a short survey of the current status of bone marrow diagnosis in systemic neoplastic disease by means of MR imaging. The different patterns of bone marrow infiltration from lymphomas and leukaemias are presented and the differential diagnoses are discussed. Apart from the primary diagnosis the relevance of conventional MRI and chemical shift imaging for therapy follow up and after-care is discussed.