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Contrasting echogenicity in flexor digitorum profundus-flexor carpi ulnaris: a diagnostic ultrasound pattern in sporadic inclusion body myositis.
[inclusion body myositis]
In
this
study
we
aimed
to
clarify
whether
muscle
ultrasound
(
US
)
of
the
forearm
can
be
used
to
differentiate
between
patients
with
sporadic
inclusion
body
myositis
(
s-
IBM
)
and
those
with
s-
IBM
-mimicking
diseases
.
We
compared
the
echo
intensity
(
EI
)
of
the
flexor
digitorum
profundus
(
FDP
)
muscle
and
the
flexor
carpi
ulnaris
(
FCU
)
muscles
in
patients
with
s-
IBM
(
n
=
6
)
,
polymyositis
/
dermatomyositis
(
PM
/
DM
;
n
=
6
)
,
and
amyotrophic
lateral
sclerosis
(
ALS
;
n
=
6
)
.
We
identified
EI
abnormalities
in
100
%
of
patients
with
s-
IBM
,
33
%
of
those
with
PM
/
DM
,
and
33
%
of
those
with
ALS
.
An
"
FDP-
FCU
echogenicity
contrast
,
"
a
US
pattern
involving
a
higher
EI
in
the
FDP
than
in
the
FCU
,
was
observed
in
all
patients
with
s-
IBM
,
but
in
none
of
those
with
PM
/
DM
or
ALS
.
FDP-
FCU
echogenicity
contrast
in
muscle
US
is
a
sensitive
diagnostic
indicator
of
s-
IBM
.
Diseases
Validation
Diseases presenting
"myositis"
symptom
focal myositis
inclusion body myositis
malignant atrophic papulosis
pyomyositis
systemic capillary leak syndrome
This symptom has already been validated