Muscle ultrasound is a useful tool in the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders, as these
disorders result in muscle atrophy and intramuscular fibrosis and fatty infiltration, which can …

Glucocorticoid-induced myopathy, characterized by muscle weakness without pain, fatigue
and atrophy, is an adverse effect of glucocorticoid use and is the most common type of drug …

To describe muscle involvement on whole-body MRI scans in adult patients at different
stages of late-onset Pompe disease. Twenty patients aged 37 to 75 were examined. Five …

In this study we investigated the diagnostic value of quantitative skeletal muscle
ultrasonography in 150 consecutively referred children with symptoms suspect for a …

Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging has emerged as a useful imaging tool in
diagnosing and characterizing the progression of myopathies and muscular dystrophies …

Objective To determine if magnetic resonance imaging (MR imaging) is useful in the
diagnostic workup of muscular dystrophies and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies for …

Introduction Steroid myopathy is a well-known sign of endogenous Cushing's syndrome as
well as a side effect of glucocorticoid administration. The clinical finding of muscle weakness …

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a neuromuscular disorder allelic to Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD), caused by in-frame mutations in the dystrophin gene, and …

Cushing's syndrome (CS) is a clinical condition resulting from chronic exposure to
glucocorticoid excess. As a consequence, hypercortisolism contributes significantly to the …

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous set of systemic inflammatory
disorders primarily affecting muscle. Signs and symptoms vary greatly between and within …