scholarly journals Intramuscular lipoma - vastus intermedius

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Haouimi
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Femina Sam ◽  
Madhavi Kandagaddala ◽  
Ivan James Prithishkumar ◽  
Koyeli Mary Mahata ◽  
Mahasampath Gowri ◽  
...  

AbstractQuadriceps femoris is an extensor muscle in the anterior compartment of thigh and is traditionally taught to be composed of four heads. Recently, there is an increased interest in the occurrence of an additional muscle head of quadriceps femoris. But scientific knowledge regarding its incidence is lacking in the South Indian population. This study was done to confirm the presence of the additional head by routine anatomic dissection and radiological imaging techniques. Forty-one formalin fixed human cadaveric lower limbs were dissected and the morphology of the additional head was noted. Retrospective analysis of 88 MRI images of patients was done. The additional muscle head was present in 43.9% of the cadaveric lower limbs and was consistently located between the vastus lateralis and vastus intermedius. It originated from variable portions of the greater trochanter, intertrochanteric line, lateral lip of linea aspera and lateral surface of the shaft of femur and inserted either as a muscle belly or as an aponeurosis into the vastus intermedius (55.6%), vastus lateralis (22.2%) or directly into the base of the patella. It received its vascular supply from branches of the lateral circumflex femoral artery and was innervated by branches from the posterior division of the femoral nerve. In addition, the additional muscle head was identified by MRI and its incidence was reported to be 30.68% for the first time in living subjects. The result of this study provides additional information in understanding the morphology of the quadriceps femoris muscle.


Author(s):  
Carly Welch ◽  
Zeinab Majid ◽  
Isabelle Andrews ◽  
Zaki Hassan-Smith ◽  
Vicky Kamwa ◽  
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Abstract Background Ultrasonography is an emerging non-invasive bedside tool for muscle quantity/quality assessment; Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) is an alternative non-invasive bedside measure of body composition, recommended for evaluation of sarcopenia in clinical practice. We set out to assess impact of position and exercise upon measures towards protocol standardisation. Methods Healthy volunteers aged 18–35 were recruited. Bilateral Anterior Thigh Thickness (BATT; rectus femoris and vastus intermedius), BATT: Subcutaneous Ratio (BATT:SCR), and rectus femoris echogenicity were measured using ultrasound and BIA was performed; 1) lying with upper body at 45° (Reclined), 2) lying fully supine at 180o (Supine), 3) sat in a chair with upper body at 90o (Sitting), and 4) after exercise Reclined. Variability of Skeletal Muscle Mass (SMM) by two different equations from BIA (SMM-Janssen, SMM-Sergi), phase angle, fat percentage, and total body (TBW), extracellular (ECW), and intracellular water (ICW) were assessed. Results Forty-four participants (52% female; mean 25.7 years-old (SD 5.0)) were recruited. BATT increased from Reclined to Sitting (+ 1.45 cm, 1.27–1.63), and after exercise (+ 0.51, 0.29–0.73). Echogenicity reduced from Reclined to Sitting (− 2.1, − 3.9 – -0.26). SMM-Sergi declined from Reclined to Supine (− 0.65 kg, − 1.08 – − 0.23) and after exercise (− 0.70 kg, − 1.27 – -0.14). ECW increased from Reclined to Sitting (+ 1.19 L, 0.04–2.35). There were no other statistically significant changes. Conclusion Standardisation of protocols is especially important for assessment of muscle quantity by ultrasonography; BIA measurements may also vary dependent on the equations used. Where possible, participants should be rested prior to muscle ultrasonography and BIA, and flexion of the knees should be avoided.


2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 669.1-670
Author(s):  
E. Conticini ◽  
P. Falsetti ◽  
S. G. Al Khayyat ◽  
C. Baldi ◽  
F. Bellisai ◽  
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Background:No clear-cut guidelines exist about the use of diagnostic procedures for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and only scanty and conflicting data report the use of ultrasound (US).Objectives:We aimed to assess if grey-scale (GS) and Power Doppler (PD) US, graded with a 0-3-points-scale, may be a reliable tool in a cohort of patients affected by IIM.Methods:We prospectively collected, since July to October 2020, all patients referred to Vasculitis and Myositis clinic, Rheumatology Unit, University of Siena, for suspected IIM, as well as patients with a previous, definite diagnosis of IIM and evaluated during follow-up or referred from other centers for a second opinion. All patients underwent US examination of both thighs in axial and longitudinal scans. Edema and atrophy, both assessed in GS, and PD, were graded with a 0-3-points-scale. Spearman test was used to identify the correlations between US and clinical and serological variables.Results:A total of 18 patients was included. Four of them were evaluated twice, at baseline and within 3 months of therapy. Muscle edema was found to be directly correlated with physician global assessment (PhGA), serum myoglobin and PD and negatively with disease duration. PD score was positively correlated to PhGA and negatively to disease duration. Muscle atrophy directly correlated with Myositis Damage Index and patients’ age. The single-thigh sub-analysis evidenced a direct correlation between PD score and Manual Muscle Test.Conclusion:In our cohort, we found that edema and PD are strictly related to early, active myositis, suggesting that an inflamed muscle should appear swollen, thickened and with Doppler signal. Conversely, muscle atrophy reflects the age of the patient and the overall severity of the disease. Such findings shed a new, promising, light in the role of US in diagnosis and monitoring of IIMs.Table 1.Siena Myositis Ultrasound Grading Scale (SMUGS).Grey-scale edemaGrey-scale atrophyPower Doppler0Normal muscle echotexture with hyperechoic septa and hypoechoic muscle fibers, conserved thickness.Normal muscle echotexture, with hyperechoic septa and hypoechoic muscle fibers, conserved thickness.No PD signal.1Focal hypoechoic areas, where septa are less evident. Conserved thickness.Focal heterogeneously hyperechoic areas, where septa are thicker and more evident, and muscle fibers are thinner. Conserved muscle thickness.One or two PD signals in at least one muscle (PD vascular spots, small vessels of homogenous diameters, vessel diameters approximately not superior to fibrous intramuscular septa)2Diffuse and heterogeneous hypo echogenicity (rectus femoris as hypoechoic or more than vastus intermedius), septa diffusely less evident. Conserved thickness.Diffuse and heterogeneously hyperechoic muscle, with thicker septa and thinner muscle fibers. Conserved muscle thickness.More than 2 PD signals for each muscle (as vascular spots, small vessels of homogenous diameters, vessel diameters approximately not superior to fibrous intramuscular septa).3Diffuse and heterogeneous hypo echogenicity (rectus femoris as hypoechoic or more than vastus intermedius), septa diffusely less evident. Increased thickness (rectus femoris became thicker than vastus intermedius).Diffuse and heterogeneously hyperechoic muscle, with thicker septa and thinner muscle fibers. Reduced muscle thickness.More than 2 PD signals for each muscle with larger diameter of the vessel (at least superior to fibrous intramuscular septa), or vessels with different diameters or branched vessels.Figure 1.Different PD findings (clockwise) in longitudinal anterior scans of the thigh: PD 3 in a patient with a recent diagnosis of anti-Mi2 DM; PD 2 in the same patient after one month of treatment with steroids and Methotrexate; PD 1 in a patient affected by anti-SAE DM, with a suspected disease flare; PD 0 in a patient affected by an advanced polymyositis diagnosed in 2000, currently not in treatment.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natsuko Utsunomiya ◽  
Ryota Kodama ◽  
Yutaka Yamaguchi ◽  
Itaru Tsuge ◽  
Shigehito Yamada

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Mochizuki ◽  
Akimoto Nimura ◽  
Tomohiko Tateishi ◽  
Kumiko Yamaguchi ◽  
Takeshi Muneta ◽  
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1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 891-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. A. M. Zeebregts ◽  
A. A. M. Geraedts ◽  
J. L. G. Blaauwgeers ◽  
H. F. W. Hoitsma

2001 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 1407-1414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather K. Smith ◽  
Linda Maxwell ◽  
Carol D. Rodgers ◽  
Nancy H. McKee ◽  
Michael J. Plyley

The effects of increased functional loading on early cellular regenerative events after exercise-induced injury in adult skeletal muscle were examined with the use of in vivo labeling of replicating myofiber nuclei and immunocyto- and histochemical techniques. Satellite cell proliferation in the soleus (Sol) of nonexercised rats (0.4 ± 0.2% of fibers) was unchanged after an initial bout of declined treadmill exercise but was elevated after two (1.0 ± 0.2%, P ≤ 0.01), but not four or seven, daily bouts of the same task. Myonuclei produced over the 7-day period comprised 0.9–1.9% of myonuclei in isolated fibers of Sol, tibialis anterior, and vastus intermedius of nonexercised rats. The accretion of new myonuclei was enhanced ( P ≤ 0.05) in Sol and vastus intermedius by the initial exercise followed by normal activity (to 3.1–3.4% of myonuclei) and more so by continued daily exercise (4.2–5.3%). Observed coincident with a lower incidence of histological fiber injury and unchanged fiber diameter and myonuclei per millimeter, the greater new myonuclear accretion induced by continued muscle loading may contribute to an enhanced fiber repair and regeneration after exercise-induced injury.


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