CT of the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
A broad spectrum of skin and subcutaneous (SQ) findings may be discovered in the emergency setting on CT examinations. There are some findings that are directly relevant to the reason or reasons why the patient has undergone the CT examination. However, other findings may be incidental. The skin and SQ tissues are by definition on the periphery of CT images and may be overlooked by the radiologist, although findings related to them can be of clinical importance. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to present a broad spectrum of skin and subcutaneous findings which may be identified on CT examinations in the emergency setting (and in some cases nonemergently), and to briefly review the relevant imaging literature, which surprisingly is relatively limited on this topic. Categories of cutaneous and subcutaneous abnormalities that will be covered include trauma and hemorrhage, iatrogenic findings, infection, neoplasms, calcification, and other miscellaneous entities, all of which may initially present on emergency CT examinations of the body.
Volume
20
Issue
1
First Page
57
Last Page
68
ISSN
1438-1435
Published In/Presented At
Katz, D. S., Ganson, G., Klein, M. A., & Mazzie, J. P. (2013). CT of the skin and subcutaneous tissues. Emergency radiology, 20(1), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-012-1077-5
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
23011050
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article