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ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2015

Whole-Body Muscle MRI in Patients with Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis Carrying the SCN4A Mutation T704M: Evidence for Chronic Progressive Myopathy with Selective Muscle Involvement.

Young Han Lee, Hyung Soo Lee, Hyo Eun Lee, Seok Hahn, Tai Seung Nam, Ha Young Shin, Young Chul Choi, Seung Min Kim

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Article in Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Young Han LeeDepartment of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Medical Convergence Research Institute, Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Hyung Soo LeeDepartment of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Hyo Eun LeeDepartment of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seok HahnDepartment of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Medical Convergence Research Institute, Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Tai Seung NamDepartment of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
Ha Young ShinDepartment of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hayshin@yuhs.ac.
Young Chul ChoiDepartment of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seung Min KimDepartment of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Yonsei University · KRChonnam National University Hospital · KR

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Abstract

background and purposeHyperkalemic periodic paralysis (hyperKPP) is a muscle sodium-ion channelopathy characterized by recurrent paralytic attacks. A proportion of affected individuals develop fixed or chronic progressive weakness that results in significant disability. However, little is known about the pathology of hyperKPP-induced fixed weakness, including the pattern of muscle involvement. The aim of this study was to characterize the patterns of muscle involvement in hyperKPP by whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

methodsWe performed whole-body muscle MRI in seven hyperKPP patients carrying the T704M mutation in the SCN4A skeletal sodium-channel gene. Muscle fat infiltration, suggestive of chronic progressive myopathy, was analyzed qualitatively using a grading system and was quantified by the two-point Dixon technique.

resultsWhole-body muscle MRI analysis revealed muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration in hyperKPP patients, especially in older individuals. Muscle involvement followed a selective pattern, primarily affecting the posterior compartment of the lower leg and anterior thigh muscles. The muscle fat fraction increased with patient age in the anterior thigh (r=0.669, p=0.009), in the deep posterior compartment of the lower leg (r=0.617, p=0.019), and in the superficial posterior compartment of the lower leg (r=0.777, p=0.001).

conclusionsOur whole-body muscle MRI findings provide evidence for chronic progressive myopathy in hyperKPP patients. The reported data suggest that a selective pattern of muscle involvement-affecting the posterior compartment of the lower leg and the anterior thigh-is characteristic of chronic progressive myopathy in hyperKPP.

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chronic progressive myopathyfat quantificationhyperkalemic periodic paralysismuscle MRItwo-point Dixon technique

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