title: [Biceps crural myositis after an insect bite].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It can be difficult to diagnose focal muscular disease. We report a case of crural biceps focal myositis after an insect bite.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We then discuss diagnostics of one or a small number of muscle injury. Focal inflammatory myositis has been described. We emphasize the role of pathology. In our case, pathological examination rules out inflammatory or tumoral disease and access likely toxical etiology. Muscle injury can appear, most frequently around the bite of venomous animal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hymenopters are often responsible for such stings in France. Venoms are toxic for muscle cells membrane.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne et rhumatologie, hôpital Robert-Boulin, BP 199, 33505 Libourne, France. remi.vatan@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vatan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coquet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heraud
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vernhes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*