title: Clinical, pathological and magnetic resonance imaging features of focal myositis: report of three cases.
abstract: Focal myositis is a rare idiopathic form of inflammatory myositis involving a single muscle. The presentation is often as a soft tissue pseudotumour. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful noninvasive imaging modality to demonstrate focal nature of the lesion. We describe three patients presenting as pseudotumour of the lower leg. MRI showed hyperintense signals in the involved muscle.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology, Pathology, Radiology and Imagiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, 500082, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yangala
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rammurti
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000473:pathology*