Ultrasound in the Assessment of Myopathic Disorders

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 103-111

  Zaidman, Craig M ^a   Van Alfen, Nens ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Imaging; Myopathy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84962689282     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000245     Document Type: Review

References (60)

1. Arts IM, Pillen S, Overeem S, et al. Rise and fall of skeletal muscle size over the entire life span. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55:1150-1152.
2. Adler RS, Garolfalo G, Paget S, Kagen L. Muscle sonography in six patients with hereditary inclusion body myopathy. Skeletal Radiol 2008;37:43-48.
3. Arts IM, Pillen S, Schelhaas HJ, et al. Normal values for quantitative muscle ultrasonography in adults. Muscle Nerve 2010;41:32-41.
4. Bhansing KJ, van Rosmalen MH, van Engelen BG, et al. Increased fascial thickness of the deltoid muscle in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: an ultrasound study. Muscle Nerve 2015;52:534-539.
5. Bonnemann CG, Brockmann K, Hanefeld F. Muscle ultrasound in Bethlem myopathy. Neuropediatrics 2003;34:335-336.
6. Brockmann K, Becker P, Schreiber G, et al. Sensitivity and specificity of qualitative muscle ultrasound in assessment of suspected neuromuscular disease in childhood. Neuromuscul Disord 2007;17:517-523.
7. Brooke MH, Fenichel GM, Griggs RC, et al. Duchenne muscular dystrophy: patterns of clinical progression and effects of supportive therapy. Neurology 1989;39:475-481.
8. Buchthal F, Kamieniecka Z. The diagnostic yield of quantified electromyography and quantified muscle biopsy in neuromuscular disorders. Muscle Nerve 1982;5:265-280.
9. Carlier RY, Laforet P, Wary C, et al. Whole-body muscle MRI in 20 patients suffering from late onset Pompe disease: involvement patterns. Neuromuscul Disord 2011;21:791-799.
10. David WS, Jones HR Jr. Electromyography and biopsy correlation with suggested protocol for evaluation of the floppy infant. Muscle Nerve 1994;17:424-430.
11. De Beuckeleer L, Vanhoenacker F, De Schepper A Jr, et al. Hypertrophy and pseudohypertrophy of the lower leg following chronic radiculopathy and neuropathy: imaging findings in two patients. Skeletal Radiol 1999;28:229-232.
12. Del Grande F, Carrino JA, Del Grande M, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of inflammatory myopathies. Top Magn Reson Imaging 2011;22:39-43.
13. Fischer AQ, Stephens S. Computerized real-time neuromuscular sonography: a new application, techniques and methods. J Child Neurol 1988;3:69-74.
14. Habers GE, Van Brussel M, Bhansing KJ, et al. Quantitative muscle ultrasonog-raphy in the follow-up of juvenile dermatomyositis. Muscle Nerve 2015;52:540-546.
15. Heckmatt JZ, Dubowitz V, Leeman S. Detection of pathological change in dystrophic muscle with B-scan ultrasound imaging. Lancet 1980;1:1389-1390.
16. Heckmatt JZ, Leeman S, Dubowitz V. Ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of muscle disease. J Pediatr 1982;101:656-660.
17. Heckmatt JZ, Pier N, Dubowitz V. Assessment of quadriceps femoris muscle atrophy and hypertrophy in neuromuscular disease in children. J Clin Ultrasound 1988a;16:177-181.
18. Heckmatt JZ, Pier N, Dubowitz V. Measurement of quadriceps muscle thickness and subcutaneous tissue thickness in normal children by real-time ultrasound imaging. J Clin Ultrasound 1988b;16:171-176.
19. Heckmatt JZ, Pier N, Dubowitz V. Real-time ultrasound imaging of muscles. Muscle Nerve 1988c;11:56-65.
20. Heckmatt J, Rodillo E, Doherty M, et al. Quantitative sonography of muscle. J Child Neurol 1989;4(suppl):S101-S106.
21. Hellmann M, von Kleist-Retzow JC, Haupt WF, et al. Diagnostic value of electromyography in children and adolescents. J Clin Neurophysiol 2005;22:43-48.
22. Hudash G, Albright JP, McAuley E, et al. Cross-sectional thigh components: computerized tomographic assessment. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1985;17:417-421.
23. Jansen M, van Alfen N, Nijhuis van der Sanden MW, et al. Quantitative muscle ultrasound is a promising longitudinal follow-up tool in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2012;22:306-317.
24. Janssen BH, Pillen S, Voet NB, et al. Quantitative muscle ultrasound versus quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. Muscle Nerve 2014a;50:968-975.
25. Janssen BH, Voet NB, Nabuurs CI, et al. Distinct disease phases in muscles of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy patients identified by MR detected fat infiltration. PLoS One 2014b;9:e85416.
26. Kan HE, Scheenen TW, Wohlgemuth M, et al. Quantitative MR imaging of individual muscle involvement in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2009;19:357-362.
27. Kanehisa H, Ikegawa S, Tsunoda N, Fukunaga T. Cross-sectional areas of fat and muscle in limbs during growth and middle age. Int J Sports Med 1994;15:420-425.
28. Lam WW, Chan H, Chan YL, et al. MR imaging in amyopathic dermatomyositis. Acta Radiol 1999;40:69-72.
29. Liu GC, Jong YJ, Chiang CH, Jaw TS. Duchenne muscular dystrophy: MR grading system with functional correlation. Radiology 1993;186:475-480.
30. Lovitt S, Moore SL, Marden FA. The use of MRI in the evaluation of myopathy. Clin Neurophysiol 2006;117:486-495.
31. Mercuri E, Cini C, Counsell S, et al. Muscle MRI findings in a three-generation family affected by Bethlem myopathy. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2002;6:309-314.
32. Mercuri E, Lampe A, Allsop J, et al. Muscle MRI in Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and Bethlem myopathy. Neuromuscul Disord 2005;15:303-310.
33. Noto Y, Shiga K, Tsuji Y, et al. Contrasting echogenicity in flexor digitorum profundus-flexor carpi ulnaris: a diagnostic ultrasound pattern in sporadic inclusion body myositis. Muscle Nerve 2014;49:745-748.
34. Olsen DB, Gideon P, Jeppesen TD, Vissing J. Leg muscle involvement in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy assessed by MRI. J Neurol 2006;253:1437-1441.
35. Ota M, Ikezoe T, Kaneoka K, Ichihashi N. Age-related changes in the thickness of the deep and superficial abdominal muscles in women. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2012;55:e26-e30.
36. Pillen S, Scholten RR, Zwarts MJ, Verrips A. Quantitative skeletal muscle ultrasonography in children with suspected neuromuscular disease. Muscle Nerve 2003;27:699-705.
37. Pillen S, Morava E, Van Keimpema M, et al. Skeletal muscle ultrasonography in children with a dysfunction in the oxidative phosphorylation system. Neuropediatrics 2006a;37:142-147.
38. Pillen S, van Keimpema M, Nievelstein RA, et al. Skeletal muscle ultrasonog-raphy: visual versus quantitative evaluation. Ultrasound Med Biol 2006b;32:1315-1321.
39. Pillen S, Verrips A, van Alfen N, et al. Quantitative skeletal muscle ultrasound: diagnostic value in childhood neuromuscular disease. Neuromuscul Disord 2007;17:509-516.
40. Pillen S, Arts IM, Zwarts MJ. Muscle ultrasound in neuromuscular disorders. Muscle Nerve 2008a;37:679-693.
41. Pillen S, Arts IM, Zwarts MJ. Muscle ultrasound in neuromuscular disorders. Muscle Nerve 2008b;37:679-693.
42. Pillen S, Tak RO, Zwarts MJ, et al. Skeletal muscle ultrasound: correlation between fibrous tissue and echo intensity. Ultrasound Med Biol 2009;35:443-446.
43. Reimers CD, Fleckenstein JL, Witt TN, et al. Muscular ultrasound in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies of adults. J Neurol Sci 1993;116:82-92.
44. Reimers CD, Schedel H, Fleckenstein JL, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of skeletal muscles in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies of adults. J Neurol 1994;241:306-314.
45. Reimers CD, Schlotter B, Eicke BM, Witt TN. Calf enlargement in neuromuscular diseases: a quantitative ultrasound study in 350 patients and review of the literature. J Neurol Sci 1996;143:46-56.
46. Sander M, Chavoshan B, Harris SA, et al. Functional muscle ischemia in neuronal nitric oxide synthase-deficient skeletal muscle of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2000;97:13818-13823.
47. Scholten RR, Pillen S, Verrips A, Zwarts MJ. Quantitative ultrasonography of skeletal muscles in children: normal values. Muscle Nerve 2003;27:693-698.
48. Schreiber A, Smith WL, Ionasescu V, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Pediatr Radiol 1987;17:495-497.
49. Sookhoo S, Mackinnon I, Bushby K, et al. MRI for the demonstration of subclinical muscle involvement in muscular dystrophy. Clin Radiol 2007;62:160-165.
50. Stonecipher MR, Jorizzo JL, Monu J, et al. Dermatomyositis with normal muscle enzyme concentrations. A single-blind study of the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound. Arch Dermatol 1994;130:1294-1299.
51. Thomas GD. Functional muscle ischemia in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. Front Physiol 2013;4:381.
52. Tieleman AA, Vinke A, van Alfen N, et al. Skeletal muscle involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 2. A comparative muscle ultrasound study. Neuro-muscul Disord 2012;22:492-499.
53. Tomasova Studynkova J, Charvat F, Jarosova K, Vencovsky J. The role of MRI in the assessment of polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2007;46:1174-1179.
54. Tyler P, Saifuddin A. The imaging of myositis ossificans. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2010;14:201-216.
55. Vill K, Schessl J, Teusch V, et al. Muscle ultrasound in classic infantile and adult Pompe disease: a useful screening tool in adults but not in infants. Neuromuscul Disord 2015;25:120-126.
56. Weber MA, Jappe U, Essig M, et al. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in dermato-myositis-and polymyositis. J Neurol 2006;253:1625-1632.
57. Zaidman CM, Connolly AM, Malkus EC, et al. Quantitative ultrasound using backscatter analysis in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. Neuro-muscul Disord 2010;20:805-809.
58. Zaidman CM, Malkus EC, Siener C, et al. Qualitative and quantitative skeletal muscle ultrasound in late-onset acid maltase deficiency. Muscle Nerve 2011;44:418-423.
59. Zaidman CM, Malkus EC, Connolly AM. Muscle ultrasound Quantifies disease progression over time in infants and young boys with duchenne muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve 2015;52:334-338.
60. Zuberi SM, Matta N, Nawaz S, et al. Muscle ultrasound in the assessment of suspected neuromuscular disease in childhood. Neuromuscul Disord 1999;9:203-207.