title: Unusual burns of the lower extremities caused by a closed conducting loop in a patient at MR imaging.
abstract: An extremely rare occurrence of third-degree burns was induced in the medial calves of a male patient with unusual anatomy (after resection and radiation therapy of a liposarcoma) during conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging on a clinical 1.5-T MR system that operated without any external conductor present and within safe limits. A closed conducting loop was inadvertently created, which caused focal increased temperature at the junction of his calves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Knopp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Essig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Debus
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zabel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Kaick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male