title: Proliferative myositis: value of imaging.
abstract: Imaging findings in a 52-year-old woman with proven proliferative myositis are described. US revealed preservation of continuous muscle bundles and patchy areas of hyperechogenicity, containing hypoechoic lines. MRI showed at T2-w sequences an ill-defined, hyperintense, intramuscular lesion, containing isointense lines. Subtotal enhancement, a nonenhancing geometrical web, and fascial enhancement were noted. In patients with painful growing masses, US and MRI correlation may suggest the diagnosis of proliferative myositis leading to biopsy, thus avoiding mutilating surgery.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Stavrakia, Iraklion, Crete, Greece. kpagonidis@yahoo.de
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pagonidis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raissaki
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gourtsoyiannis
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005205:Fascia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA