Document 0238
 DOCN  M9650238
 TI    MR imaging of soft-tissue infection.
 DT    9605
 AU    Beltran J; Department of Radiology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New
       York,; New York, USA.
 SO    Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 1995 Nov;3(4):743-51. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96157871
 AB    MR imaging is the ideal technique to display the soft-tissue
       abnormalities produced by infectious processes. In general these
       soft-tissue alterations consist of signal intensity changes that reflect
       the increased water content of the soft tissues induced by the
       inflammatory reactions. In some cases these changes are nonspecific, but
       in others, MR imaging can be quite specific and helpful in detecting the
       presence and extent of the infection, which generally is suspected
       clinically on the basis of physical and laboratory findings. The MR
       manifestations of soft-tissue infection, including septic arthritis,
       tenosynovitis, bursitis, cellulitis, necrotizing fascitis, soft-tissue
       abscess, infectious myositis, HIV-related infection, lymphadenitis and
       lymphangitis, and a few unusual parasitic and fungal infections, are
       reviewed.
 DE    Abscess/DIAGNOSIS  Arthritis, Infectious/DIAGNOSIS  AIDS-Related
       Opportunistic Infections/DIAGNOSIS  Body Water  Bursitis/DIAGNOSIS
       Cellulitis/DIAGNOSIS  Fasciitis, Necrotizing/DIAGNOSIS  Human
       Lymphadenitis/DIAGNOSIS  Lymphangitis/DIAGNOSIS  *Magnetic Resonance
       Imaging  Mycoses/DIAGNOSIS  Myositis/DIAGNOSIS/MICROBIOLOGY  Parasitic
       Diseases/DIAGNOSIS  Soft Tissue Infections/*DIAGNOSIS
       Tenosynovitis/DIAGNOSIS  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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