Focal myositis in a patient with bilateral painful nodules.
A 30-year-old African-American man presented with painful lower extremities and bilaterally symmetrical dermal nodules. Examination of a biopsy specimen of one of the nodules showed focal myositis overlying a deeper defect. Subsequent excisions produced multifocal eruptive lipomas. The histopathologic findings of focal myositis are reviewed along with this previously unreported association.
Coots
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Dermatology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6200.
Baunchalk
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JM
Feldman
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Nadjem
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MA
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*