35-year-old female with LLE cellulitis, elevated inflammatory markers. Rule out myositis, abscess, osteo There is thickening and enhancement of the skin as well as reticulation and enhancement of the subcutaneous fat compatible with marked cellulitis. There is poorly defined crescentic of nonenhancing tissue within the subcutaneous fat along the anterior peripheral deep fascia that may simply represent confluent edema, although it is impossible to exclude a phlegmon/developing abscess. Mild increased signal intensity within the soleus muscle as well as the flexor digitorum longus muscle may reflect very mild myositis. Bone marrow signal intensity is within normal limits. Small knee joint effusion with extension posteromedially into a tiny Baker's cyst. Mild osteoarthritis affects the knee. Relatively mild subcutaneous edema affects the right leg on the large field-of-view coronal images.
1. Cellulitis and possible mild myositis without evidence of osteomyelitis. Nonenhancing tissue within the subcutaneous fat along the anterior peripheral deep fascia probably simply represents confluent edema, although it is impossible to exclude a phlegmon/developing abscess.