title: Brachialis muscle tear mimicking an intramuscular tumor: a report of two cases.
abstract: Isolated brachialis muscle tears are rare. The rarity causes the misdiagnosis of this injury. We report 2 cases of males with an isolated brachialis muscle tear who were referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of a neoplasm in the arm. Both of the patients improved completely without radical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65-Tsusumai, Showa 466-8550, Japan. ynishida@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsukushi
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosono
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA