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A possible role for MRI in polyarteritis nodosa: the "creeping fat" sign
C G Eckel1, R R Sibbitt, W L Sibbitt
1Center for Non-Invasive Diagnosis, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
We describe a case of polyarteritis nodosa with diffuse abnormalities in subcutaneous fat by magnetic resonance imaging. These abnormalities returned to normal following treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging may have a role in the identification and diagnosis of systemic vasculitis.