TY - JOUR
T1 - Muscle MRI findings of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy
AU - Hamano, Tadanori
AU - Fujiyama, Jiro
AU - Kawamura, Yasutaka
AU - Hirayama, Mikio
AU - Ito, Keita
AU - Inagaki, Tomoko
AU - Kumano, Takanori
AU - Mutoh, Tatsuro
AU - Kuriyama, Masaru
PY - 2002/7/15
Y1 - 2002/7/15
N2 - We report here the muscle MRI findings in two patients with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy (HAM). It is known that thigh muscles are vulnerable in HAM patients, but detailed information about the affected muscles has not been available. Muscle MRI findings of these patients showed that thigh muscles, especially adductor magnus, and semimembranosus muscles were severely affected, but lower leg muscles were comparatively preserved. In these affected muscles, neurogenic changes were observed by EMG. We concluded that muscle MRI is very useful to estimate the affected muscles in HAM patients.
AB - We report here the muscle MRI findings in two patients with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy (HAM). It is known that thigh muscles are vulnerable in HAM patients, but detailed information about the affected muscles has not been available. Muscle MRI findings of these patients showed that thigh muscles, especially adductor magnus, and semimembranosus muscles were severely affected, but lower leg muscles were comparatively preserved. In these affected muscles, neurogenic changes were observed by EMG. We concluded that muscle MRI is very useful to estimate the affected muscles in HAM patients.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00105-3
DO - 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00105-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 12084441
AN - SCOPUS:0037099787
SN - 0022-510X
VL - 199
SP - 45
EP - 48
JO - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
JF - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
IS - 1-2
ER -