Tuberculous pyomyositis of the temporal muscle in a nonimmunocompromised woman: diagnosis by sonography.
Pyomyositis (PM) is an uncommon cause of acute bacterial infection occurring in skeletal muscle. This disease is rare in non-tropical areas, and PM caused by Mycobacterium is very rare in a non-immunocompromised person. The presence of temporal area swelling may lead to a differential diagnosis toward more common pathologies, such as a complication of mastoiditis or a neoplasm of the temporal area. This article describes a case of tuberculous pyomyositis in a non-immunocompromised woman, the diagnosis of which was confirmed by sonographically guided fine-needle aspiration.
Department of Otolaryngology, Lo-Tung Poh-Ai Hospital, Ilan 265, Taiwan.
Chih-Kai
CK
Chu
Tsung-Lin
TL
Yang
Ching-Ting
CT
Tan
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D014463:Ultrasonography