Juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myositis (JIIM) is a multisystem inflammatory disease that impacts the muscles, skin, and blood vessels. Gray-scale power Doppler ultrasound is a technique that can be used to assist the diagnosis of JIIM and myositis in general. We report a case of an atypical symptomatic JIIM myositis flare that shows increased muscle echogenicity without the corresponding increase (complete absence) of Doppler flow.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8190566 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14949 | DOI Listing |
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