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. 2017 Jan 25;19:17. doi: 10.1186/s13075-017-1219-y

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Fig. 1 — a Muscle MRI with coronary STIR sequence of the thighs in a patient with ASS. Compared with surrounding tissue, the muscles are generally brighter in color, most evident in the medial compartment (arrow), indicating general edema. The patient was scored with 36/36 points in the muscle edema score. b The correspondent control to the patient in (a) with less color difference between muscles and surrounding tissue indicating no muscle edema (score 0). c Axial T1-weighted image in an ASS patient with almost total fatty replacement anteriorly (Gouttalier score 4, light arrow) and fatty streaks with more muscle than fat tissue (Gouttalier score 2, dark arrow) posteriorly. d The correspondent control to the patient in (c) evaluated as normal muscle tissue (Goutallier score 0–1)