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Semi-Automatic MRI Muscle Volumetry to Diagnose and Monitor Hereditary and Acquired Polyneuropathies.


ABSTRACT: With emerging treatment approaches, it is crucial to correctly diagnose and monitor hereditary and acquired polyneuropathies. This study aimed to assess the validity and accuracy of magnet resonance imaging (MRI)-based muscle volumetry.Using semi-automatic segmentations of upper- and lower leg muscles based on whole-body MRI and axial T1-weighted turbo spin-echo sequences, we compared and correlated muscle volumes, and clinical and neurophysiological parameters in demyelinating Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) (n = 13), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) (n = 27), and other neuropathy (n = 17) patients.The muscle volumes of lower legs correlated with foot dorsiflexion strength (p < 0.0001), CMT Neuropathy Score 2 (p < 0.0001), early gait disorders (p = 0.0486), and in CIDP patients with tibial nerve conduction velocities (p = 0.0092). Lower (p = 0.0218) and upper (p = 0.0342) leg muscles were significantly larger in CIDP compared to CMT patients. At one-year follow-up (n = 15), leg muscle volumes showed no significant decrease.MRI muscle volumetry is a promising method to differentiate and characterize neuropathies in clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: Bahr FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914808 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Semi-Automatic MRI Muscle Volumetry to Diagnose and Monitor Hereditary and Acquired Polyneuropathies.

Bähr Friederike S FS   Gess Burkhard B   Müller Madlaine M   Romanzetti Sandro S   Gadermayr Michael M   Kuhl Christiane C   Nebelung Sven S   Schulz Jörg B JB   Dohrn Maike F MF  

Brain sciences 20210206 2


With emerging treatment approaches, it is crucial to correctly diagnose and monitor hereditary and acquired polyneuropathies. This study aimed to assess the validity and accuracy of magnet resonance imaging (MRI)-based muscle volumetry.Using semi-automatic segmentations of upper- and lower leg muscles based on whole-body MRI and axial T1-weighted turbo spin-echo sequences, we compared and correlated muscle volumes, and clinical and neurophysiological parameters in demyelinating Charcot-Marie-Too  ...[more]

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