title: [Muscular botryomycosis in the rectus abdominis muscle: imaging findings].
abstract: Botryomycosis is a rare chronic suppurative granulomatous bacterial infection of the skin and viscera. It is classified into 2 groups: the visceral type and the cutaneous type, which can lead to involvement of contiguous muscle and bone, as appears probable in this case. We present a rare case of muscular botryomycosis in the rectus abdominis muscle in a patient with a history of abdominal wall surgery. Botryomycosis was initially mistaken for a soft-tissue tumor; after surgical resection it was diagnosed as muscular botryomycosis. We describe the clinical presentation and the imaging characteristics of this rare entity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Bizkaia, España. zulemaft@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fernández Temprano
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aguirre Urcelay
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aguirre Olóriz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Portugal Porras
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D017568:Rectus Abdominis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed