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. 2025 Jan 27:58:e00907-2024.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0291-2024. eCollection 2025.

Emphysematous osteomyelitis

Paula Castro  1 , Miriam Menna Barreto  1 , Edson Marchiori  1 , Rosana Souza Rodrigues  1   2
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Emphysematous osteomyelitis

Paula Castro et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. A fat-suppressed T1-weighted MR image acquired after intravenous contrast administration (A) reveals inflammatory changes in the periarticular soft tissues and abscessed areas (arrows). The bone marrow of the proximal femur and acetabulum shows mild enhancement (asterisk). Coronal (B) and axial (C) non-enhanced CT images (bone window) demonstrating multiple small foci of intramedullary gas in the right femoral head and neck (arrowheads), along with soft-tissue emphysema (arrows).
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