Muscle Edema -Recognizing Patterns and Associated Causes
Muscle Edema - Recognizing Patterns and Associated Causes
Hierl MS, MD, Yadavalli S, MD, PhD and Marcantonio D, MD Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, MI
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, MI
Disclosures
The authors do not have a financial relationship with a commercial organization that may have a direct or indirect interest in the content.
Goals and Objectives
? Educational review of muscle edema patterns and distribution
? Emphasis on findings seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
? Correlate muscle edema patterns with relevant clinical history
? Clinical data often helps in narrowing a differential or in making an accurate diagnosis
? Discuss relevance of other imaging modalities and usefulness of intravenous contrast
Introduction
? Muscle edema is seen secondary to multiple etiologies including trauma, infectious and inflammatory processes, autoimmune disorders, neoplasms, and denervation injuries
? On MRI muscle edema is characterized by increase in free water within the muscle ? Muscle edema is seen on MRI as increased signal on fluid sensitive sequences
T2 FS
Higher signal to noise ratio Specific fat suppression Susceptible to inhomogeneous fat suppression
STIR
Lower signal-to-noise ratio Homogenous fat suppression
? T1 weighted images useful for evaluating
? Fatty atrophy of muscle ? Subacute hemorrhage in presence of methemoglobin
? Contrast useful for evaluating for underlying infarction, tumor or abscess
Causes of Muscle Edema
? Trauma
? Strain ? Contusion ? Laceration
? Denervation ? Rhabdomyolysis ? Delayed onset muscle soreness ? Infection
? Pyomyositis ? Necrotizing fasciitis ? Viral myositis
? Inflammatory myopathies
? Dermatomyositis ? Polymyositis ? Connective tissue disorders
? Primary or metastatic tumor ? Radiation induced ? Medication related myopathy ? Vascular
? Myonecrosis ? Diabetic muscle infarction
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