title: [Facial myositis: a localized form of generalized myositis?].
abstract: We report a case of myositis presenting as an apparently unique progressive facial weakness. The only biological abnormality after an 8-year follow-up was an immunocytoma. Molecular analyses excluded facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Based on this single case and a review of the literature, we suggest a continuum between focal myositis and generalized myositis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lettry-Trouillat
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuntzer
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Janzer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogousslavsky
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000473:pathology*