Muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): muscle-specific patterns

Gluteal involvement

• Spinal muscular atrophy type 3b (SMA 3b)
• Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
• Sarcoglyconopathies (LGMD 2c-2F)

Quadriceps involvement

Thigh adductor muscle involvement

Anterior thigh compartment involvement

Posterior thigh compartment involvement

Posterior thigh muscles involvement

Semimembranosus involvement

Semitendinosus involvement

Calf and thigh muscle involvement with spared tibialis posterior

Biceps involvement

References

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2. Park JS, Park D. Five-year serial follow-up of muscle MRI in adult onset myotonic dystrophy type 1: a case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e9379.
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4. Tasca G, Monforte M, Díaz-Manera J, et al. MRI in sarcoglycanopathies: a large international cohort study. JNNP 2018; 89:72-77.
5. Díaz J, Woudt L, Suazo L, et al. Broadening the imaging phenotype of dysferlinopathy at different disease stages. Muscle Nerve 2016; 54:203-210.
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