Fig. 7From: Fasciae of the musculoskeletal system: normal anatomy and MR patterns of involvement in autoimmune diseasesTransverse (a) spin echo (SE) T1 and (b) fat-suppressed proton density (FSPD)-weighted images of the anterior part of the thigh of a 33-year-old normal subject. On the SE T1-weighted image, the fascia superficialis (arrows) appears as a thin reticular network of low signal intensity embedded in the hypodermic fat. The deep peripheral fascia (arrowheads) is only depicted in areas where fat is present deep to it (asterisk). On the corresponding FSPD-weighted image, the fascial system shows low signal intensity and is almost undistinguishable from the adjacent fatBack to article page