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Ultrasound in the Evaluation of the Inflammatory Myopathies

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The Inflammatory Myopathies

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Imaging plays an important role in the assessment of disease activity and measuring the effectiveness in patients with inflammatory myopathies. Ultrasound is a noninvasive, relatively inexpensive, and simple examination to perform serially and has found increasing application in the diagnosis of muscle diseases, including polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and pyomyositis. The roles of newer applications of ultrasound, such as power Doppler sonography, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and sonoelastography, have yet to be defined but show some promising results in further characterizing normal and pathological states. Technical developments and improvements in ultrasound image processing, including extended field of view, compound imaging, and harmonic imaging, enhance the ability to display changes in muscle morphology.

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  1. Division of Ultrasound and Body Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA

    Ronald S. Adler

  2. Unità Operativa di Immunologia e Allergologia, Ospedale A. Murri, Fermo, Italy

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    Adler, R.S., Garofalo, G. (2009). Ultrasound in the Evaluation of the Inflammatory Myopathies. In: Kagen, L. (eds) The Inflammatory Myopathies. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-827-0_9

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