Sonographic similarities of inclusion body myositis and myotonic dystrophy

Muscle Nerve. 2018 Oct;58(4):E25-E26. doi: 10.1002/mus.26181.

Authors

Kristopher R Karvelas¹, Alyson L Hommel², Michael S Cartwright³, Francis O Walker³, Lisa D Hobson-Webb⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Neurology, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

PMID: 30028511
DOI: 10.1002/mus.26181

No abstract available

Keywords: flexor carpi ulnaris; flexor digitorum profundus; inclusion body myositis; myotonic dystrophy; ultrasound.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Forearm / diagnostic imaging
Genetic Testing
Humans
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / diagnostic imaging*
Myositis, Inclusion Body / diagnostic imaging*
Myotonic Dystrophy / diagnostic imaging*
Myotonic Dystrophy / genetics
Myotonic Dystrophy / physiopathology
Neural Conduction
Ultrasonography