Musculoskeletal Imaging - Case Report

Fluid rim sign: a new ultrasonographic sign of soft tissue aspergillosis

10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.6384-12.1

  • Erhan Akpınar,
  • Veysel Atilla Ayyıldız,
  • Ibrahim Petekkaya,
  • Bülent Erbil,
  • Vikram Dogra

Received Date: 13.07.2012 Accepted Date: 31.08.2012 Diagn Interv Radiol 2013;19(3):237-239

The air crescent sign is a well-known important diagnostic nding in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Herein we report a distinctive but rare ultrasonographic appearance in a patient with myositis secondary to Aspergillus vus infection, which can be considered as the soft tissue counterpart of the air cres- cent sign.