Magnetic resonance imaging in adults presenting with severe acute infectious cellulitis

Detection of soft‐tissue abscess: Comparison of diffusion‐weighted imaging to contrast‐enhanced MRI

“…The sensitivity of the MRI with CEFS T 1 for abscess formation was 88% . With 10% of difference in sensitivities of NECI+DWI and NECI+CEFS T 1 , the power of a single comparison to detect a 10% respective difference for diagnosing abscess formation between NECI+DWI and NECI+CEFS T 1 was 0.79 with 0.05 as a type I error rate.…”

A systematic review showing the lack of diagnostic criteria and tools developed for lower‐limb cellulitis

“…A total of 98 papers were included for full‐text screening . Of these, 90 papers were subsequently excluded, including 20 studies that did not specify the site of cellulitis…”

“…investigated ESR and three other studies examined the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) score . Six studies explored radio nucleotide or bone imaging, five examined magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and two considered ultrasound imaging in the paediatric setting . Smirnova et al .…”

Frequency of Cervicofacial Necrotizing Fasciitis Secondary to Odontogenic Abscess

“…The characteristic features of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) are accumulation of gas in the tissues, odontogenic infection spreading below the neck and anterior chest and an orange-peel appearance of the skin involved, which may change to a dusky discoloration (3). Investigations like standard radiographs, computed tomography scans and magnetic resonance imaging were found to be valuable especially when there is mediastinitis and pleural and pericardial effusions (11,12). In agreement with the earlier findings, the body and angle region of the mandible were commonly involved in our series of patients (6,7).…”

“…Soon the skin breakdowns, exposing the hyperemic superficial fascia and muscles. The importance of early intervention had been consistently emphasized (7,8,(11)(12)(13)(14). Hyperbaric oxygen was found to be useful by some authors (3,9).…”