title: CT and the diagnosis of myopathies. Preliminary findings in 42 cases.
abstract: A total of 42 patients with myopathies underwent CT scans in order to study the relationship between CT images and clinical findings. CT is a valuable diagnostic aid to distinguish primary from neurogenic myopathies, to facilitate directed biopsy and finally to classify the disease according to the degree and extent of the muscular lesion.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009220:Myositis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed