title: Quadriceps myositis: an appraisal of the diagnostic criteria of quadriceps myopathy.
abstract: A patient with the clinical picture of quadriceps myopathy was shown to have an underlying myositis. Review of the literature showed myositis to be a rare cause of the 'quadriceps syndrome' but it is important to identify this group because they are potentially treatable with corticosteroids.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome; D013848:Thigh / Q000473:pathology