title: [Focal myositis--an indication for surgery? A case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Klinikum Augsburg, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Möckl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rüter
mesh_terms: 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