28 PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY JULY/AUGUST 2020 or edema, is best imaged by STIR or T2‑
weighted images. Fatty infiltration of muscle tissue is reflected by increased signal intensity …

Muscle MRI has an increasing role in diagnosis of inherited neuromuscular diseases, but no
features are known which reliably differentiate myopathic and neurogenic conditions. Using …

Neuromuscular diseases are numerous and challenging to a variety of clinicians because
patients may present to a variety of caregivers with nonspecific complaints. Difficulties in …

Background Myopathies present with a broad diagnostic spectrum which may ultimately
require muscle biopsy. MRI has been established as a non-invasive method in diagnosing …

Objectives The objective is to determine if muscle MRI is useful for assessing neuropathy
severity. Methods Clinical, MRI and electromyography (EMG) examinations were performed …

Congenital myopathies are a genetically heterogeneous group of early-onset myopathies
classified according to the predominant histopathological findings in skeletal muscle. During …

Skeletal muscle imaging is increasingly used as a complement to clinical and
electrophysiological examination in neuromuscular disease. Ultrasound and MRI have …

The following article reviews the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with
idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), focusing on the 3 major types of IIM: polymyositis …

Patients with muscle weakness are frequently encountered in the primary care clinic;
however, the identification of an underlying disorder of muscle can pose a significant …

Background Laing myopathy is characterized by broad clinical and pathological variability.
They are limited in number and protocol of study. We aimed to delineate muscle imaging …