Tropical pyomyositis

Australas Radiol. 1995 Feb;39(1):78-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1995.tb00239.x.

Abstract

A 22-year-old male presented with symptoms of diffuse muscle pain and multiple abnormal laboratory findings that were eventually attributed to tropical myositis. Computed tomography scan was more reliable than ultrasound and served as a guide to needle aspiration and pathologic diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Humans
  • Leg / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Muscle, Skeletal / microbiology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Myositis / diagnosis*
  • Myositis / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography