Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in skeletal muscle disease.
The evaluation of muscle diseases has traditionally integrated clinical with biochemical findings, occasionally resorting to muscle biopsy. This article reviews the role and imaging appearances of muscle diseases at MRI, specifically emphasising the role of WBMRI in global assessment of muscle abnormality, and in particular its role in determining distribution and extent of muscle abnormality.
Shelly
Martin J
MJ
Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. martinshelly@gmail.com
Bolster
Ferdia
F
Foran
Paul
P
Crosbie
Ian
I
Kavanagh
Eoin C
EC
Eustace
Stephen J
SJ
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging