ArticleMuscle & nerve2020
Ultrasound can differentiate inclusion body myositis from disease mimics.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Muscle Sonography in Inclusion Body Myositis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 944 Measurements.Cells · 2022Pooled it
- Modifying muscle metabolic dysregulation in inclusion body myositis with pioglitazone: a single-arm trial.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The Role of Imaging Techniques in the Evaluation of Extraglandular Manifestations in Patients with Sjögren's Syndrome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging as diagnostic tools for sarcopenia in immune-mediated rheumatic diseases (IMRDs).La Radiologia medica · 2022Review
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- Three-dimensional quantitative muscle ultrasound in a healthy population.Muscle & nerve · 2021Article
- Diagnostic Value of Muscle Ultrasound for Myopathies and Myositis.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
- Ultrasound can differentiate inclusion body myositis from disease mimics.Muscle & nerve · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionThe diagnosis of inclusion body myositis (IBM) can be challenging, and its presentation can be confused with other forms of myositis or neuromuscular disorders. In this study we evaluate the ability of quantitative muscle ultrasound to differentiate between IBM and mimicking diseases.
methodsPatients 50 years of age and older were included from two specialty centers. Muscle echogenicity and muscle thickness of four characteristically involved muscles in IBM were measured and compared with polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM), other neuromuscular disorders, and healthy controls.
resultsEchogenicity was higher and muscle thickness generally lower in all four muscles in IBM compared with PM/DM and normal controls. When comparing IBM with the comparator groups, the flexor digitorum profundus was the most discriminative muscle. DISCUSSION: Ultrasound appears to be a good test to differentiate established IBM from PM/DM and neuromuscular controls, with value as a diagnostic tool for IBM.
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