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[Focal myositis: report of a case in pediatric age and review of the literature].
[focal myositis]
We
present
the
case
of
a
13
years
old
boy
with
a
year
-old
history
of
a
painful
tumour
on
the
external
and
distal
third
of
the
right
thigh
.
The
imaging
tests
suggested
a
soft
tissue
tumour
but
the
muscle
biopsy
revealed
the
typical
findings
of
focal
myositis
.
Focal
myositis
is
a
benign
inflammatory
pseudotumour
of
the
skeletal
muscle
recognized
as
a
distinct
clinicopathological
entity
,
but
there
have
been
descriptions
of
the
cases
initially
diagnosed
as
focal
myositis
that
have
latter
behaved
as
evident
polymyositis
.
We
have
not
found
laboratory
data
to
support
a
diagnosis
of
polymyositis
in
our
patient
.
Although
focal
myositis
is
considered
a
self-
limited
disease
,
we
believe
a
long
-term
clinical
and
biochemical
follow-up
is
warranted
,
to
confirm
the
absence
of
recurrence
signs
and
/
or
the
development
of
a
generalized
myopathy
.
Diseases
Validation
Diseases presenting
"myopathy"
symptom
coats disease
cushing syndrome
dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
epidermolysis bullosa simplex
familial mediterranean fever
focal myositis
homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
inclusion body myositis
junctional epidermolysis bullosa
lymphangioleiomyomatosis
megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome
pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
This symptom has already been validated
