title: Soft tissue coccidioidomycosis on MRI.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the appearance of soft tissue coccidioidomycosis on MRI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two cases of soft coccidioidomycosis with preoperative MR imaging are presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prospectively, infection was considered unlikely both clinically and on imaging studies. In retrospect, the MR appearance was nonspecific in one case and suggestive of infection in the other.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radiologists should be prepared to entertain coccidioidal abscess as a differential consideration when soft tissue masses are seen on MRI, even when infection is not suggested clinically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California at San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Garvin
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Peterfy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000842:Ankle; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004550:Elbow; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology