title: Proliferative myositis in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: We report a case of proliferative myositis in the right biceps of a 56-year-old man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Imaging methods included sonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The diagnosis was made by a core-cut biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy with immunohistochemical analysis. The lesion disappeared after 2 months without treatment. It is particularly important to determine whether intramuscular masses arising in patients with AIDS are due to an infectious or malignant process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wlachovska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Deux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sibony
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marsault
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Breton
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001132:Arm; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology