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Duchenne muscular dystrophy MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.

Overview

Lower limb MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Findings on MRI suggestive of Duchenne muscular dystrophy include high T1-weighted signal in affected muscles.

MRI

Lower limb MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Findings on MRI suggestive of Duchenne muscular dystrophy include:[1]

Case courtesy of Kathryn Kinser, <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/“>Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/cases/66153“>rID: 66153</a>

References

  1. ↑ Schreiber, A.; Smith, W. L.; Ionasescu, V.; Zellweger, H.; Franken, E. A.; Dunn, V.; Ehrhardt, J. (1987). “Magnetic resonance imaging of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy”. Pediatric Radiology. 17 (6): 495–497. doi:10.1007/BF02388288. ISSN 0301-0449.

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