Focal myositis of the temporal muscle.
Focal myositis is a rare inflammatory disease of the skeletal muscle that may involve any part of the body. We present a 19-year-old man with a short history of a painful pseudotumor in the right temporal region. MRI pictures showed a swollen right temporal muscle and muscle biopsy revealed the characteristic histological and immunocytochemical findings of polymyositis.
Naumann
M
M
Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
Toyka
K V
KV
Goebel
H H
HH
Hofmann
E
E
Reichmann
H
H
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis