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Duchenne muscular dystrophy CT scan

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

Overview

Overview

CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Findings on CT scan suggestive of Duchenne muscular dystrophy include fatty infiltration which leads to low attenuation and muscle pseudohypertrophy.

CT scan

CT scan

CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Findings on CT scan suggestive of Duchenne muscular dystrophy include:[1]

  • Fatty infiltration which leads to low attenuation
  • Muscle pseudohypertrophy
References

References

  1. Wattjes MP, Kley RA, Fischer D (October 2010). “Neuromuscular imaging in inherited muscle diseases”. Eur Radiol. 20 (10): 2447–60. doi:10.1007/s00330-010-1799-2. PMC 2940021. PMID 20422195.

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