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Focal myositis presenting as pseudothrombophlebitis of the neck in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease.
[focal myositis]
This
report
describes
a
case
of
focal
myositis
in
a
patient
with
mixed
connective
tissue
disease
.
The
patient
presented
with
diffuse
neck
swelling
and
pseudothrombophlebitis
of
the
left
internal
jugular
vein
.
Other
clinical
features
included
a
high
fever
,
elevated
erythrocyte
sedimentation
rate
,
and
prompt
improvement
after
administration
of
high
-dose
intravenous
corticosteroid
therapy
.
Criteria
for
polymyositis
were
absent
,
serum
levels
of
creatine
kinase
remained
normal
,
and
there
was
no
sign
of
recurrence
during
3
years
of
followup
.
Results
of
immunoprecipitation
for
anti-
Jo-
1
and
other
myositis
-
specific
autoantibodies
remained
negative
in
serial
serum
samples
obtained
before
,
during
,
and
after
the
episode
.
Diseases
Validation
Diseases presenting
"fever"
symptom
22q11.2 deletion syndrome
acute rheumatic fever
alexander disease
allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
canavan disease
carcinoma of the gallbladder
child syndrome
congenital toxoplasmosis
cushing syndrome
cystinuria
dracunculiasis
erdheim-chester disease
esophageal adenocarcinoma
esophageal carcinoma
familial mediterranean fever
focal myositis
hodgkin lymphoma, classical
lamellar ichthyosis
legionellosis
locked-in syndrome
malignant atrophic papulosis
neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
neuralgic amyotrophy
oculocutaneous albinism
papillon-lefèvre syndrome
pyomyositis
pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
scrub typhus
severe combined immunodeficiency
sneddon syndrome
systemic capillary leak syndrome
triple a syndrome
typhoid
waldenström macroglobulinemia
wolf-hirschhorn syndrome
This symptom has already been validated
