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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Necrotizing Fasciitis | Pictorial Review

Fasciae of the musculoskeletal system: MRI findings in trauma, infection and neoplastic diseases

Authors: Thomas Kirchgesner, Cédric Tamigneaux, Souad Acid, Vasiliki Perlepe, Frédéric Lecouvet, Jacques Malghem, Bruno Vande Berg

Published in: Insights into Imaging | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

The fascial system is a continuum of connective tissues present everywhere throughout the body that can be locally involved in a large variety of disorders. These disorders include traumatic disorders (Morel-Lavallée lesion, myo-aponeurotic injuries, and muscle hernia), septic diseases (necrotizing and non-necrotizing cellulitis and fasciitis), and neoplastic diseases (superficial fibromatosis, desmoid tumors, and sarcomas). The current pictorial review aims to focus on these localized disorders involving the fasciae of the musculoskeletal system and their appearance at MRI.

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Title: Fasciae of the musculoskeletal system: MRI findings in trauma, infection and neoplastic diseases
Authors: Thomas Kirchgesner
Cédric Tamigneaux
Souad Acid
Vasiliki Perlepe
Frédéric Lecouvet
Jacques Malghem
Bruno Vande Berg
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Necrotizing Fasciitis
Fibromatosis
Published in: Insights into Imaging / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0735-5

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