Necrotizing fasciitis and its mimics: What radiologists need to know

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 128-139

  Chaudhry, Ammar A ^a   Baker, Kevin S ^a   Gould, Elaine S ^a   Gupta, Rajarsi ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss fasciitis; Eosinophilic fasciitis; Lupus myofascitis; Necrotizing fasciitis; Nodular fasciitis; Paraneoplastic fasciitis

Indexed keywords

CELLULITIS; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MYONECROSIS; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; FASCIITIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUPUS MYOFASCIITIS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NODULAR FASCIITIS; NONNECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC FASCIITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROLIFERATIVE FASCIITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924931147     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.12676     Document Type: Review

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