Eosinophilic fasciitis: typical abnormalities, variants and differential diagnosis of fasciae abnormalities using MR imaging.
Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare condition. It is generally limited to the distal parts of the arms and legs. MRI is the ideal imaging modality for diagnosing and monitoring this condition. MRI findings typically evidence only fascial involvement but on a less regular basis signal abnormalities may be observed in neighboring muscle tissue and hypodermic fat. Differential diagnosis of eosinophilic fasciitis by MRI requires the exclusion of several other superficial and deep soft tissue disorders.
Service de radiologie, Département d'imagerie musculo-squelettique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10-1200, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: thomas.kirchgesner@uclouvain.be.
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Département d'imagerie, centre hospitalier universitaire Pellegrin, place Amélie-Léon-Rabat, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Clinique du sport de Bordeaux-Mérignac, 2, rue Négrevergne, 33700 Mérignac, France.
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Dallaudière
Service de radiologie, Département d'imagerie musculo-squelettique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10-1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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Omoumi
Service de radiologie, Département d'imagerie musculo-squelettique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10-1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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Malghem
Service de radiologie, Département d'imagerie musculo-squelettique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10-1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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Vande Berg
Service de radiologie, Département d'imagerie musculo-squelettique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10-1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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Lecouvet
Service de Rhumatologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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Houssiau
Service d'anatomo-pathologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10-1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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Service de radiologie, Département d'imagerie musculo-squelettique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10-1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Eosinophilic; Fascia; Fasciitis; MRI; Shulman