Serial magnetic resonance imaging in juvenile dermatomyositis.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to follow the course of juvenile dermatomyositis from the onset of disease through resolution of a primary relapse. The signal intensity of the T2-weighted image of involved muscles was elevated during periods of disease activity, and returned to approximately normal levels with effective suppression of disease activity. T1-weighted images of involved muscles remained approximately normal despite disease activity.
Keim
D R
DR
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.
Hernandez
R J
RJ
Sullivan
D B
DB
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology