Refresher Course: Musculoskeletal

RC 810 - Muscle imaging

February 27, 10:00 - 11:00 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
15 min
Grading muscle injury
  1. To characterise sports muscle injuries.
  2. To present the contemporary imaging classifications used for sports-related muscle injuries.
  3. To appreciate the clinical significance of grading muscle injuries.
15 min
Myositis and myopathy
  1. To list the more frequent inflammatory and hereditary myopathies with their clinical characteristics.
  2. To identify some specific MRI patterns associated with individual phenotypes and MRI limitations.
  3. To integrate functional and quantitative MRI techniques with a potential role in evaluating the myopathies.
15 min
Muscle tumours and pseudotumours
  1. To discuss the imaging semiology of tumours and tumour-like conditions of the muscles.
  2. To discuss how to differentiate benign from malignant muscle tumours.
  3. To summarise the diagnostic strategy.
10 min
Panel discussion: What is the ideal imaging algorithm for muscle disorders?