Fasciae of the musculoskeletal system: normal anatomy and MR patterns of involvement in autoimmune diseases

Insights into Imaging

Christine Galant¹  Bruno Vande Berg²  Thomas Kirchgesner²  Frédéric Lecouvet²  Souad Acid²  Jacques Malghem²  Xavier Demondion³  Patrick Durez⁴  Frédéric Houssiau⁴  Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap⁴  Maria Stoenoiu⁴ 

[1] Department of Pathology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc;Department of Radiology - Musculoskeletal Imaging Unit, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc / Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain;Department of Radiology and Musculoskeletal Imaging, CHRU Lille / Laboratory of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine of Lille;Department of Rheumatology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc;

关键词: Fascia;    Musculoskeletal;    Anatomy;    Autoimmune;    MRI;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s13244-018-0650-1

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract The fascial system is a three-dimensional continuum of connective tissues present everywhere throughout the body, from the head to the toes and from the skin to the bone. The current article aims to review the normal anatomy of the fasciae of the musculoskeletal system with macroscopic and microscopic correlations and to describe their appearance at MRI in normal subjects and in patients with autoimmune diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Key Points • The fascial system is a three-dimensional continuum of connective tissues. • It is present everywhere throughout the body, from the head to the toes and from the skin to the bone. • The normal fascial system is barely visible at MRI. • MR patterns of fascial involvement in autoimmune diseases reflect the complex anatomy of the fasciae of the musculoskeletal system.

【 授权许可】

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