title: Focal myositis in a patient with bilateral painful nodules.
abstract: 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.
authors: Dermatology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6200.
authors: N V
authors: NV
authors: Coots
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Baunchalk
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Feldman
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Nadjem
mesh_terms: 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*