title: Musculoskeletal infections: ultrasound appearances.
abstract: Musculoskeletal infections are commonly encountered in clinical practice. This review will discuss the ultrasound appearances of a variety of musculoskeletal infections such as cellulitis, infective tenosynovitis, pyomyositis, soft-tissue abscesses, septic arthritis, acute and chronic osteomyelitis, and post-operative infection. The peculiar sonographic features of less common musculoskeletal infections, such as necrotizing fasciitis, and rice body formation in atypical mycobacterial tenosynovitis, and bursitis will also be presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, North District Hospital, NTEC, Fanling, Hong Kong, Republic of China. c8681@yahoo.com
authors.forename: C L F
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002062:Bursitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009220:Myositis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography