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Review
. 2006 Dec;10(4):258-67.
doi: 10.1055/s-2007-971997.

Muscle edema: classification, mechanisms, and interpretation

Noel Napier  1 , Conor Shortt, Stephen Eustace
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Review

Muscle edema: classification, mechanisms, and interpretation

Noel Napier et al. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

Muscle edema is commonly encountered in patients following extremity trauma. This article presents an overview of differential considerations in patients presenting with muscle edema, and while focusing on trauma outlines causes on the basis of mechanism, vasogenic, congestive, traumatic, and tumorigenic edema.

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