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Soft tissue involvement is seen in cases of untreated or in rapidly spreading progressing cellulitis. [[MRI]] can be of great value in such cases. A T2-weighted image may demonstrate hyperintensity and soft tissue thickening whilst T1 may show hypointensity and postcontrast enhancement. | Soft tissue involvement is seen in cases of untreated or in rapidly spreading progressing cellulitis. [[MRI]] can be of great value in such cases. A T2-weighted image may demonstrate hyperintensity and soft tissue thickening whilst T1 may show hypointensity and postcontrast enhancement. <ref name="pmid21406630">{{cite journal| author=Kim KT, Kim YJ, Won Lee J, Kim YJ, Park SW, Lim MK | display-authors=etal| title=Can necrotizing infectious fasciitis be differentiated from nonnecrotizing infectious fasciitis with MR imaging? | journal=Radiology | year= 2011 | volume= 259 | issue= 3 | pages= 816-24 | pmid=21406630 | doi=10.1148/radiol.11101164 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21406630 }} </ref> CT scans can be helpful in demonstrating involvement of subcutaneous fat and abcess formation. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Soft tissue involvement is seen in cases of untreated or in rapidly spreading progressing cellulitis. MRI can be of great value in such cases. A T2-weighted image may demonstrate hyperintensity and soft tissue thickening whilst T1 may show hypointensity and postcontrast enhancement. [1] CT scans can be helpful in demonstrating involvement of subcutaneous fat and abcess formation.
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- ↑ Kim KT, Kim YJ, Won Lee J, Kim YJ, Park SW, Lim MK; et al. (2011). "Can necrotizing infectious fasciitis be differentiated from nonnecrotizing infectious fasciitis with MR imaging?". Radiology. 259 (3): 816–24. doi:10.1148/radiol.11101164. PMID 21406630.