COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY IN CREPITANT MYONECROSIS

Authors
GOODMAN R FOWLIE S RODGERS C HANDS L
Citation
R. Goodman et al., COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY IN CREPITANT MYONECROSIS, British journal of clinical practice, 47(5), 1993, pp. 266-267
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British journal of clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070947
Volume
47
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
266 - 267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0947(1993)47:5<266:CICM>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report an unusual case of non-traumatic myonecrosis presenting as h ip pain. Computed tomography helped to define the extent of the infect ion and its origin in the presacral space. The use of CT in diagnosis and management of gas-forming soft tissue infection is reviewed.