[Focal myositis--an indication for surgery? A case report].
This case report describes focal myositis, a rare inflammatory pseudotumorous disease previously not mentioned in the surgical literature. Most often a single muscle of the upper or lower extremity is affected. Usually the diagnostic process and treatment require a long time. We present a useful diagnostic cascade and a surgical therapy, which allows the histological differentiation between malignant and inflammatory disease. Even after partial resection of the tumor, the prognosis of focal myositis is excellent.
Möckl
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Klinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Klinikum Augsburg, Germany.
Kotter
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Mayr
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Wagner
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Rüter
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004550:Elbow / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis