Muscle MRI findings in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 693 - 705
• Main Authors: Gerevini, Simonetta, Scarlato, Marina, Maggi, Lorenzo, Cava, Mariangela, Caliendo, Giandomenico, Pasanisi, Barbara, Falini, Andrea, Previtali, Stefano Carlo, Morandi, Lucia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - pathology; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Asymptomatic; Atrophy; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Radiology; Disease; Edema - pathology; Female; Humans; Imaging; Intermediate Back Muscles - pathology; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Lower Extremity - pathology; Magnetic Resonance; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Muscle Weakness - physiopathology; Muscle, Skeletal - pathology; Muscular Dystrophies - pathology; Muscular dystrophy; Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral - pathology; Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral - physiopathology; Neuromuscular diseases; Neuroradiology; Radiology; Subcutaneous Fat - pathology; Superficial Back Muscles - pathology; Ultrasound; Whole Body Imaging - methods; Young Adult; Italy; Atrophy; FSHD; Muscle; MR imaging; Muscular dystrophy

Objectives Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is characterized by extremely variable degrees of facial, scapular and lower limb muscle involvement. Clinical and genetic determination can be difficult, as molecular analysis is not always definitive, and other similar muscle disorders may h...