PMC4901156_01
46-year-old male with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy. Axial T1-weighted MR of the left thigh shows fatty atrophy involving the adductor magnus, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
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Diffuse fatty atrophy was present in the adductor magnus, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and vastus lateralis muscles of the left thigh on T1-weighted images (Figure 1, Figure 2).
46-year-old male with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy. Axial T1-weighted MR of the more distal left thigh shows fatty atrophy involving the semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and vastus lateralis muscles. There is partial atrophy of the vastus lateralis muscle.
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Diffuse fatty atrophy was present in the adductor magnus, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and vastus lateralis muscles of the left thigh on T1-weighted images (Figure 1, Figure 2).
46-year-old male with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy. Axial short tau inversion recovery (STIR) image of the mid left thigh demonstrates no abnormal signal in the musculature.
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No abnormal signal or enhancement was noted on short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images (Fig. 3).