RESUMO
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.
Assuntos
Infecções/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças Musculoesqueléticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Abscesso/diagnóstico por imagem , Adulto , Idoso , Artrite Infecciosa/diagnóstico por imagem , Bursite/diagnóstico por imagem , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Fasciite Necrosante/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Corpos Estranhos/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Miosite/diagnóstico por imagem , Osteomielite/diagnóstico por imagem , Tenossinovite/diagnóstico por imagem , Tuberculose Osteoarticular/diagnóstico por imagem , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: This article describes rice bodies found in patients with atypical mycobacterial tenosynovitis and bursitis, emphasizing the sonographic and MR imaging appearances of these small bodies. CONCLUSION: Rice bodies occur in patients with atypical mycobacterial tenosynovitis and bursitis. When small, rice bodies are better visualized on MR imaging than on sonography, allowing the radiologist to consider appropriate diagnoses.