title: Idiopathic eosinophilic myositis with preexisting fibromyalgia.
abstract: Idiopathic eosinophilic myositis is a rare entity. Only 6 other cases have been reported in the literature. We report a patient with degenerative joint disease and fibromyalgia who subsequently developed eosinophilic myositis over a tender trigger area.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone