Use of X-ray techniques to demonstrate electively increased damage to certain muscles in patients suffering from muscular diseases.
In X-ray examinations on 38 patients suffering from muscular diseases the authors demonstrated electively pronounced damage to certain muscles in 18 cases. The decay of muscle fibres within a single muscle is not always uniform and is often bilaterally asymmetrical. Before biopsy or EMG examinations it is advisable to take an X-ray of the damaged musculature.
D001284:Atrophy; D004576:Electromyography; D005121:Extremities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors