title: Rhabdomyolysis lesions showing magnetic resonance contrast enhancement.
abstract: Although T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was reported to be useful for depicting rhabdomyolysis lesions, little is known as to the usefulness of gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted imaging. The authors performed noncontrast and postcontrast T1-weighted MRI along with T2-weighted MRI in a patient with rhabdomyolysis in the chronic phase. Non-contrast T1-weighted imaging revealed no abnormality, whereas postcontrast T1-weighted imaging demonstrated lesions more definitively than T2-weighted imaging. Gadolinium-enhancement study may contribute to the MRI diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kakuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naritomi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinugawa
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA