Abstract
We report a rare case of Kager’s fat pad atrophy and fibrosis in a 60-year-old woman 1 year after a steroid injection for Achilles tendinopathy. There are few published reports of steroid-induced atrophy affecting deeper layers of fat tissue. To our knowledge, this case report is the first to illustrate its features using magnetic resonance imaging. A review of the scientific literature is also presented.
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The authors would like to thank Corey M. Gill (Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA) for editing the manuscript.
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Taneja, A.K., Santos, D.C.B. Steroid-induced Kager’s fat pad atrophy. Skeletal Radiol 43, 1161–1164 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-014-1851-4
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