[Neuromuscular Ultrasound: Diagnosis and Evaluation in Neuromuscular Diseases]

Brain Nerve. 2024 May;76(5):487-496. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416202634.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Neuromuscular ultrasound has become an integral part of the diagnostic workup of neuromuscular diseases in neurology. Neuromuscular ultrasound can detect nerve enlargement, selective muscle damage, and fasciculation easily and non-invasively, which allows differentiation between auto-immune/inflammatory and degenerative/hereditary diseases. It is significant and essential for all neurologists to master the neuromuscular ultrasound technique.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Neuromuscular Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Neuromuscular Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography*