Figure 2

Clinical spectrum, associated spine deformation and muscle MRI in collagen type VI (ColVI) myopathies. (A), Early severe phenotypes, corresponding to classic Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD), (B) intermediate forms seen in children or adults and (C) less severe, classic Bethlem myopathy (BM) forms constitute the overlapping clinical presentations of ColVI myopathies. (D) Radiography showing the evolution of spine deformation in a patient presenting with a classic early-onset UCMD phenotype. T1 transverse section of Bethlem myopathy upper limb girdle (E) and (F) thighs. Note the fatty infiltration, which appears as hyperintense area on T1-weighted images, located around the triceps brachialis muscles in (E) and along the fascia of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis muscles in (F) (yellow arrows). (G) The concentric fatty involvement of the thigh muscles is also seen on whole body MRI. (Images courtesy of Drs Susana Quijano-Roy and Tanya Stojkovic).