title: Focal myositis of the temporal muscle.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naumann
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Toyka
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Goebel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reichmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis