MSK Infection – MR
MSK Infection – MR
Search Pattern Assist ?History
Exam
Findings
Limitations
There is patient motion or other limitations. [Yes/No]
Skin/Hypodermis
There is edema or hyperenhancement. [Yes/No]
There is soft tissue ulceration or sinus tract. [Yes/No]
There is gas or foreign body. [Yes/No]
There is confluent hypoenhancement to suggest phlegmon, suppuration, abscess, or drainable fluid collection in the hypodermis. [Yes/No]
Investing/Intermuscular Fascia
There is edema, thickening, or hyperenhancement. [Yes/No]
There is hypoenhancement or gas/susceptibility artifact. [Yes/No]
There is bulging of the fascia. [Yes/No]
Muscles
There is edema or hyperenhancement. [Yes/No]
There is hypoenhancement, lack of enhancement, or organized fluid collection. [Yes/No]
There is fatty atrophy. [Yes/No]
Bones
There are fractures. [Yes/No]
There is periosteal reaction, osseous destruction, or other abnormal marrow to suggest osteomyelitis. [Yes/No]
There is osseous hypoenhancement or lack of enhancement to suggest loss of bone viability. [Yes/No]
There is cloaca, sequestrum, or involucrum. [Yes/No]
There is a subperiosteal or intra-osseous abscess. [Yes/No]
Visualized Joints
There is a joint effusion or synovitis. [Yes/No]
There is malalignment, degenerative changes, or other gross internal derangement. [Yes/No]
Miscellaneous
There is tenosynovitis. [Yes/No]
Major visualized vascular structures are abnormal. [Yes/No]
Major visualized nerves are abnormal. [Yes/No]