title: Sickle myonecrosis revisited.
abstract: This review focuses on the classification of sickle myonecrosis in the context of sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis. Further, the potential and novel use of magnetic resonance imaging to further clarify the nature of sickle crisis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Duffy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology