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Musculoskeletal Imaging

Laceration

a tear or ragged wound. Penetrating injuries may cause muscle lacerations and lead to scar formation. The dense connective tissue of the scar appears as a break in continuity of the muscle on MR images, with changes in signal intensity reflecting the presence of oedema and blood.

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