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ArticleLa Radiologia medica2021

Distinct MR features in scleroderma associated myopathy.

Shivani Ahlawat, Julie Paik, Filippo Del Grande, Elias S Paris, Parvinder Sujlana, Laura M Fayad

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Article in La Radiologia medica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Shivani Ahlawat *The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology & Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. sahlawa1@jhmi.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4437-5237
Julie Paik *Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Filippo Del GrandeUniversity of Zurich, Raemistrasse 71, 8006, Zurich, Switzerland.
Elias S ParisThe Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology & Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Parvinder SujlanaThe Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology & Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Laura M FayadThe Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology & Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Zurich · CH

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Abstract

objectiveTo compare the MRI features in patients with fibrosing [FM] versus non-fibrosing [NFM] systemic sclerosis [SSc]-associated myopathy.

methods10 patients with FM and 14 with NFM underwent bilateral thigh MRI [T1-weighted, STIR and DW/ADC mapping]. Three observers, blinded to histology evaluated 36 muscles per patient for presence of intramuscular edema, fascial edema, fatty replacement and atrophy and measured ADC values. Fisher's exact test and student's t-test were used to compare MRI findings of FM [endomysial/ perimysial fibrosis] and NFM [necrosis/inflammation] on histology.

resultsIntramuscular edema [p < 0.0001] and fascial edema [p = 0.07] were more common in FM. On DWI, elevated intramuscular signal was more common in FM, [low b-value: p < 0.0001 and high b-value: p < 0.0001]. On T1, NFM exhibited more fatty replacement [p =  < 0.0001] and atrophy [p =  < 0.0001].

conclusionsIntramuscular and fascial edema on MRI are more common in SSc-associated FM, while markers of chronic muscle damage are more often associated with NFM.

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AdultAgedBiopsyDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingEdemaFemaleFibrosisHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMuscular AtrophyMuscular DiseasesRetrospective StudiesScleroderma, SystemicThighDiffusion weighted imagingFibrosisMagnetic resonance imagingMyopathyScleroderma

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