TY - JOUR
T1 - Utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of patients with inflammatory myopathies
AU - Park, Jane H.
AU - Olsen, Nancy J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2001, Current Science Inc.
PY - 2001/8
Y1 - 2001/8
N2 - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and P-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (P-31 MRS) provide unique, quantitative data that cannot be obtained from routine laboratory tests. MRI is the method of choice for imaging of muscle abnormalities. It is also a very sensitive technique for localizing nonhomogenous inflammation in inflammatory myopathies such as dermatomyositis, juvenile dermatomyositis, amyopathic dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis. During treatment of inflammatory myopathies, the extent and severity of inflammation may decrease at varying rates, but weakness and fatigue remain serious clinical problems. The metabolic abnormalities detected with P-31 MRS are more persistent and can be used for objective patient evaluation after the disappearance of inflammation and normalization of serum levels of muscle enzymes. With P-31 MRS, biochemical defects are quantitated, including low levels of ATP and phosphocreatine (PCr) and elevated concentrations of ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi), which may all be related to weakness and fatigue. Thus, MRI and P-31 MRS are useful in assessing the status of patients with inflammatory myopathies during treatment with prednisone and immunosupressive drugs.
AB - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and P-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (P-31 MRS) provide unique, quantitative data that cannot be obtained from routine laboratory tests. MRI is the method of choice for imaging of muscle abnormalities. It is also a very sensitive technique for localizing nonhomogenous inflammation in inflammatory myopathies such as dermatomyositis, juvenile dermatomyositis, amyopathic dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis. During treatment of inflammatory myopathies, the extent and severity of inflammation may decrease at varying rates, but weakness and fatigue remain serious clinical problems. The metabolic abnormalities detected with P-31 MRS are more persistent and can be used for objective patient evaluation after the disappearance of inflammation and normalization of serum levels of muscle enzymes. With P-31 MRS, biochemical defects are quantitated, including low levels of ATP and phosphocreatine (PCr) and elevated concentrations of ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi), which may all be related to weakness and fatigue. Thus, MRI and P-31 MRS are useful in assessing the status of patients with inflammatory myopathies during treatment with prednisone and immunosupressive drugs.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11926-001-0038-x
DO - 10.1007/s11926-001-0038-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11470053
AN - SCOPUS:0035432344
SN - 1523-3774
VL - 3
SP - 334
EP - 345
JO - Current rheumatology reports
JF - Current rheumatology reports
IS - 4
ER -