Acute swelling of the limbs: Magnetic resonance pictorial review of fascial and muscle signal changes

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-21

  Révelon, Géraldine ^a   Rahmouni, Alain ^a   Jazaerli, Nedal ^a   Godeau, Bertrand ^a   Chosidow, Olivier ^a   Authier, Jérôme ^a   Mathieu, Didier ^a   Roujeau, Jean Claude ^a   Vasile, Norbert ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Abscess; Acute deep venous thrombosis; Acute denervation; Cellulitis; Dermatomyositis; Fascia; Graft versus host disease (GVHD); Limb; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle; Necrotizing fasciitis; Polyarteritis nodosa; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Pyomyositis; Rhabdomyolysis; Skin; Soft tissue infections; Soft tissue inflammatory diseases; Stewart Treeves syndrome

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; SKIN;

SOFT-TISSUE INFLAMMATORY DISEASES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FASCIA; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMYOSITIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EXTREMITIES; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0344849424     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(98)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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