Saturday, February 23, 2013

Muscle degeneration and MRI


On T1 and FLAIR; the degeneration show intermediate signal.




Oblique sagittal T2-weighted MRI of patient with massive rotator cuff tear shows atrophy and fatty degeneration of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles. (From
Mellado JM, Calmet J, Olona M, et al. Surgically repaired massive rotator cuff tears: MRI of tendon integrity, muscle fatty degeneration, and muscle atrophy correlated with intraoperative and clinical findings. AJR. 2005;184:1456–1463.

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