title: MRI in myopathy.
abstract: MRI is a promising tool that can be used as an adjunctive test during the evaluation of patients who have myopathy and can help raise the diagnostic yield of a planned biopsy. It also has promise as a clinical endpoint. This article discusses abnormalities visible on MRI of muscle and the use of MRI in patients who have myopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. lovittmd@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lovitt
authors.forename: Franklin A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Marden
authors.forename: Betul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gundogdu
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ostrowski
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017240:Mitochondrial Myopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome