title: Proliferative myositis: a case of a pseudomalignant process.
abstract: A case of proliferative myositis, an unusual inflammatory pseudotumor of a skeletal muscle, is presented. Often it is erroneously misdiagnosed as a malignant neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, U. Z. Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gysen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stroobants
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mortelmans
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009220:Myositis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate