title: Focal myositis: a localized form of polymyositis?
abstract: We describe an additional case of focal myositis presenting as a painful pseudotumor of the lower leg. Surgical biopsy showed typical features of myositis; the disease improved spontaneously, without clinical or biological abnormalities. Focal myositis can remain a localized process, but in some cases it can become an authentic polymyositis. These generalized forms are associated early with elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and/or muscular enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Caremeau, Nimes, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Flaisler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Asencio
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Combe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed