Devitalised soft tissue

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 8 Mar 2022

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Citation:

Knipe H, Devitalised soft tissue. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-97983

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-97983

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/97983

rID:

97983

Article created:

8 Mar 2022, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

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Last revised:

8 Mar 2022, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had no recorded disclosures.

View Henry Knipe's current disclosures

Revisions:

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Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Tags:

cases

Synonyms:

Devitalised tissue
Devitalized soft tissue
Devitalized tissue

Devitalised soft tissue occurs in diabetic feet or peripheral vascular disease, particularly deep to and around ulcers.

Terminology

Devitalised soft tissue is preferred to necrotic or ischemic soft tissue as the current understanding (c. 2022) is whether MRI appearances truly reflect necrosis or ischemia ¹.

Radiographic features

MRI

Devitalised tissue presents as geographic regions of non-enhancing homogeneous low T1 signal with no rim enhancement, often with a well-defined border ^1-3.