A protocol for scoping reviews on the role of whole-body and dedicated body-part magnetic resonance imaging for assessment of adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Mickael Essouma; Daniel Brito de Araujo; Jessica Day; Edoardo Conticini; Mary Anne Riopel; Adriana Maluf Elias; Vitor Tavares Paula; Clarissa Harumi Omori; Julio Brandão Guimarães; Daren Gibson; Claudia Saad-Magalhaes; Simone Appenzeller; Adam Schiffenbauer; Pedro M Machado; Brian M Feldman; Julie J Paik; Lisa Christopher-Stine; Lisa G Rider; Ann Reed; Anneke J van der Kooi; Edoardo Marrani; Elie Naddaf; Eva Kirkhus; Helga Sanner; Iazsmin Bauer-Ventura; James B Lilleker; Latika Gupta; Matteo Lucchini; Mazen M Dimachkie; Mirkamal Tolend; Tamima Mohamad Abou Arabi; Siamak Moghadam-Kia; Susan O'Hanlon; Susan Phaneuf; Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo; Andrea Schwarz Doria

doi:10.1007/s00296-024-05649-7

A protocol for scoping reviews on the role of whole-body and dedicated body-part magnetic resonance imaging for assessment of adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Rheumatol Int. 2024 Nov;44(11):2403-2409. doi: 10.1007/s00296-024-05649-7. Epub 2024 Jul 8.

Authors

Mickael Essouma^#¹, Daniel Brito de Araujo^#^{2

3}, Jessica Day^{4

5

6}, Edoardo Conticini⁷, Mary Anne Riopel⁸, Adriana Maluf Elias⁹, Vitor Tavares Paula¹⁰, Clarissa Harumi Omori⁹, Julio Brandão Guimarães¹¹, Daren Gibson¹², Claudia Saad-Magalhaes¹³, Simone Appenzeller¹⁴, Adam Schiffenbauer¹⁵, Pedro M Machado¹⁶, Brian M Feldman¹⁷, Julie J Paik¹⁸, Lisa Christopher-Stine¹⁸, Lisa G Rider¹⁵, Ann Reed¹⁹, Anneke J van der Kooi²⁰, Edoardo Marrani²¹, Elie Naddaf²², Eva Kirkhus²³, Helga Sanner^{24

25}, Iazsmin Bauer-Ventura²⁶, James B Lilleker^{27

28}, Latika Gupta^{27

29}, Matteo Lucchini^{30

31}, Mazen M Dimachkie³², Mirkamal Tolend³³, Tamima Mohamad Abou Arabi⁹, Siamak Moghadam-Kia³⁴, Susan O'Hanlon³⁵, Susan Phaneuf³⁶, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo^#³⁷, Andrea Schwarz Doria^#³³

Affiliations

¹ Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, Yaounde, Cameroon.
² Internal Medicine Department, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil. araujodb@gmail.com.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rua Santos Dumont, 172 / 703. 96.020-380, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil. araujodb@gmail.com.
⁴ The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁶ The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁷ Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁸ Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
⁹ Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Children's Institute, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
¹⁰ Radiology Department, Children's Institute, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
¹¹ Grupo Fleury Medicina e Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹² Medical Imaging, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Daren, Australia.
¹³ Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Department of Pathology, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁴ Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Traumatology, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
¹⁵ Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Neuromuscular Diseases and Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology and Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹⁷ Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁸ Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
²⁰ Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
²¹ Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
²² Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
²³ Department of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
²⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
²⁵ Department of Health Sciences, Oslo New University College, Oslo, Norway.
²⁶ Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
²⁷ Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
²⁸ Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
²⁹ Department of Rheumatology, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK.
³⁰ UOC Neurologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³¹ Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Neurologia, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
³² Department of Neurology, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA.
³³ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³⁴ Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
³⁵ The South Metropolitan Health Service of Western Australia, Murdoch, Australia.
³⁶ Patient representative, Putnam, USA.
³⁷ Division of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 38976028
PMCID: PMC11631350 (available on 2025-11-01)
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-024-05649-7

Abstract

Currently, standardized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring systems and protocols for assessment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) in children and adults are lacking. Therefore, we will perform a scoping review of the literature to collate and evaluate the existing semi-quantitative and quantitative MRI scoring systems and protocols for the assessment and monitoring of skeletal muscle involvement in patients with IIMs. The aim is to compile evidence-based information that will facilitate the future development of a universal standardized MRI scoring system for both research and clinical applications in IIM. A systematic search of electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane) will be undertaken to identify relevant articles published between January 2000 and October 2023. Data will be synthesized narratively. This scoping review seeks to comprehensively summarize and evaluate the evidence on the scanning protocols and scoring systems used in the assessment of diagnosis, disease activity, and damage using skeletal muscle MRI in IIMs. The results will allow the development of consensus recommendations for clinical practice and enable the standardization of research methods for the MRI assessment of skeletal muscle changes in patients with IIMs.

Keywords: Assessment; Damage; Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myositis.

MeSH terms

Adult
Child
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / methods
Muscle, Skeletal* / diagnostic imaging
Myositis* / diagnostic imaging
Research Design
Whole Body Imaging / methods

Abstract

MeSH terms

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