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Computerized tomography and magnetic resonance muscle imaging in Miyoshi's myopathy
Author(s) -
Meola Giovanni,
Sansone Valeria,
Rotondo Giuseppe,
Jabbour Antoine
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199611)19:11<1476::aid-mus12>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , myopathy , muscle biopsy , medicine , pathological , atrophy , weakness , pathology , radiology , biopsy , anatomy
We describe clinical, pathological, and muscle imaging findings in a patient with an early adult‐onset progressive muscular weakness in association with atrophy beginning in the legs and involving both gastrocnemi in particular. Muscle biopsy findings showed a severe dystrophic process with no vacuoles, consistent with Miyoshi's myopathy. Computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans were used to provide an ongoing permanent record of the various stages of the disease. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.