title: MRI findings in inflammatory muscle diseases and their noninflammatory mimics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to provide a practical review of the spectrum of MRI findings in inflammatory muscle diseases and their noninflammatory mimics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI is a highly sensitive tool for the diagnosis of muscle diseases. Although it has low specificity, awareness of the potential imaging findings in the various, sometimes rare, muscular disorders is helpful for accurate diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kötter
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ernemann
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fenchel
authors.forename: Nikolay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tzaribatchev
authors.forename: Claus D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Claussen
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult