Objective: To compare indium In 111 altumomab pentetate-labeled antimyosin scintigraphy with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with myositis.
Design And Methods: Sixteen patients with polymyositis and 1 patient with dermatomyositis, all verified with biopsy samples, were examined during diagnostic evaluation with antimyosin antibody scintigraphy and low-field MRI of the thighs and calves using T1- and T2-weighted sequences. Both examinations were repeated 6 to 22 months after therapeutic intervention with antiinflammatory drugs. The performance of the 2 methods for the assessment of the severity of muscle inflammation was evaluated using comparison with clinical examination and the serum creatine kinase level.
Results: At diagnosis all patients had increased uptake of antimyosin antibody in the thighs and/or calves. In T2-weighted MRI images, increased signal intensity changes reflecting intramuscular edema and inflammation were seen in all patients in at least 1 muscle group in the thighs or calves. After anti-inflammatory drug therapy, the mean uptake of antibody and the mean signal intensity changes in T2-weighted MRI had decreased. However, in T1-weighted MRI the signal intensity changes reflecting intramuscular fatty degeneration were more pronounced in the follow-up study. The level of serum creatine kinase had decreased markedly by the second examination except in 1 patient who also had more accumulation of antibody in the calves after than before treatment. The clinical condition improved in 8 patients and remained unchanged in 9 patients.
Conclusions: Antimyosin scintigraphy and T2-weighted MRI are feasible tools for the detection and follow-up of lesions in patients with myositis. Scintigraphy findings correlate with serum creatine kinase activity and seem to reflect disease activity better than T2-weighted MRI changes, whereas secondary degenerative intramuscular lesions are only detectable using T1-weighted MRI.
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