Although idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of diseases
nearly all patients display muscle inflammation. Originally, muscle biopsy was considered as …

Imaging is an important tool in the evaluation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. It plays
a role in diagnosis, assessment of disease activity and follow-up, and as a non-invasive …

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of acquired muscle diseases with
muscle inflammation, weakness, and other extra-muscular manifestations. IIMs can …

The study of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) is acquiring growing importance
among systemic autoimmune diseases and every year several articles are published about …

Whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) has evolved since its first introduction in the 1970s as an
imaging technique to detect and survey disease across multiple sites and organ systems in …

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with an apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value is a
relatively new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence that provides functional …

The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnostic work-out of myopathies:
differential diagnosis between inflammatory myo Page 1 Clinical and Experimental …

NXP2-positive dermatomyositis complicated with refractory skin edema: Successful
treatment with tocilizumab NXP-2-positive dermatomyositis is characterized by severe …

Objective Inflammation in patients with myositis would increase diffusion of water molecules
across sarcolemma that could be detected with the help of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) …

MRI findings can be helpful in establishing a diagnosis in clinically challenging cases of
suspected idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). Fluid-sensitive MRI scans depict active …