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Do you typically get muscle MRI in patients with symptoms of myopathy?

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Neurology · University of Minnesota
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Not routinely, but there are some scenarios where MRI is useful.

  1. Selection of muscle to biopsy in a chronic progressive myopathy. In the past, we used to select muscles based on the degree of weakness on the MRC scale and the EMG findings. One would avoid muscles with MRC strength of 3/5 or less or...

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