Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection Mimicking Progression of Scleroderma

Figure 1

Coronal STIR and axial T1-weighted postcontrast SPIR magnetic resonance images of the upper (a), middle (b), and lower (c) right thigh. The images show considerable and diffuse inflammatory changes along the fasciae of all muscles of the right lower thigh (arrows) and surrounding the cortical bone of the distal femur (dotted arrow), and severe inflammatory changes surrounding the vessels of the popliteal fossa and subcutaneously at the knee level extending cranially along the lateral side of the thigh (circle).

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