ArticleActa radiologica open2016
Whole-body MRI for full assessment and characterization of diffuse inflammatory myopathy.
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- Usefulness and Clinical Impact of Whole-Body MRI in Detecting Autoimmune Neuromuscular Disorders.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Ultrasound and MR muscle imaging in new onset idiopathic inflammatory myopathies at diagnosis and after treatment: a comparative pilot study.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- A Case of Acute Necrotizing Myopathy in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.The American journal of case reports · 2022Article
- MRI of myositis and other urgent muscle-related disorders.Emergency radiology · 2021Review
- What's New for Clinical Whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) in the 21st Century.The British journal of radiology · 2020Review
- Associations between apparent diffusion coefficient values and histopathological tissue alterations in myopathies.Brain and behavior · 2020Article
- How Imaging Can Assist with Diagnosis and Monitoring of Disease in Myositis.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
- Recent developments in classification criteria and diagnosis guidelines for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.Current opinion in rheumatology · 2018Review
- Current Classification and Management of Inflammatory Myopathies.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2018Review
- Juvenile dermatomyositis: a tertiary center experience.Clinical rheumatology · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundConventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a highly valuable tool for full assessment of the extent of bilateral symmetrical diffuse inflammatory myopathy, owing to its high sensitivity in the detection of edema which correlates with, and sometimes precedes, clinical findings. PURPOSE: To evaluate the use of whole-body (WB)-MRI in characterization and full assessment of the extent and distribution of diffuse inflammatory myopathy. MATERIAL AND
methodsA prospective study on 15 patients presenting with clinical evidence of inflammatory myopathy. It included 4 boys/men and 11 girls/women (age range, 6-44 years; mean age, 25.5 years). 1.5 T WB-MRI was performed and the distribution and extent of disease severity was assessed according to muscle edema on STIR images.
resultsFour cases of dermatomyositis showed lower limb disease predilection with edema in gluteal, thigh, and calf muscles. The same finding was seen in one case with recurrent polymyositis and three cases with overlap myositis with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Bilateral upper and lower limb myositis was demonstrated in three cases of polymyositis and one case of overlap myositis with scleroderma. Bilateral edema involving all scanned muscle groups was detected in three cases of polymyositis with paraneoplastic syndrome, SLE, and severe active dermatomyositis (including the neck muscles).
conclusionWB-MRI is the diagnostic modality of choice for cases of inflammatory myopathy. It accurately detects the most severely affected muscles candidate for biopsy and provides a reliable baseline study for follow-up of disease progression as well as response to treatment.
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