ReviewSkeletal radiology2019
Whole-body MRI and pathological findings in adult patients with myopathies.
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- Usefulness and Clinical Impact of Whole-Body MRI in Detecting Autoimmune Neuromuscular Disorders.Brain sciences · 2023Review
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- Quantitative muscle MRI displays clinically relevant myostructural abnormalities in long-term ICU-survivors: a case-control study.BMC medical imaging · 2023Article
- Imaging Findings in Patients with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Arthritis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A fast Myosin super enhancer dictates muscle fiber phenotype through competitive interactions with Myosin genes.Nature communications · 2022Article
- MR imaging findings of musculoskeletal involvement in microscopic polyangiitis: a comparison with inflammatory myopathy.La Radiologia medica · 2021Article
- The value of qualitative muscle MRI in the diagnostic procedures of myopathies: a biopsy-controlled study in 191 patients.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2021Article
- What's New for Clinical Whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) in the 21st Century.The British journal of radiology · 2020Review
- How Imaging Can Assist with Diagnosis and Monitoring of Disease in Myositis.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
- Advances in Quantitative Imaging of Genetic and Acquired Myopathies: Clinical Applications and Perspectives.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Review
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Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is considered the most sensitive and specific imaging technique for the detection of muscle diseases related to myopathies. Since 2008, the use of whole-body MRI (WBMRI) to evaluate myopathies has improved due to technical advances such as rolling table platform and parallel imaging, which enable rapid assessment of the entire musculoskeletal system with high-quality images. WBMRI protocols should include T1-weighted and short-tau inversion recovery (STIR), which provide the basic pulse sequences for studying myopathies, in order to detect fatty infiltration/muscle atrophy and muscle edema, respectively. High signal intensity in T1-weighted images shows chronic disease with fatty infiltration, whereas high signal intensity in STIR indicates an acute stage with muscle edema. Additional sequences such as diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can be readily incorporated into routine WBMRI study protocols. Contrast-enhanced sequences have not been done. This article reviews WBMRI as an imaging method to evaluate different myopathies (idiopathic inflammatory, dystrophic, non-dystrophic, metabolic, and channelopathies). WBMRI provides a comprehensive estimate of the total burden with a single study, seeking specific distribution patterns, including clinically silent involvement of muscle areas. Furthermore, WBMRI may help to select the "target muscle area" for biopsy during patient follow-up. It may be also be used to detect related and non-related pathological conditions, such as tumors.
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