title: Tropical pyomyositis.
abstract: A 22-year-old male presented with symptoms of diffuse muscle pain and multiple abnormal laboratory findings that were eventually attributed to tropical myositis. Computed tomography scan was more reliable than ultrasound and served as a guide to needle aspiration and pathologic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Radvany
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Chandnani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography