Cholesterol crystal embolization simulating focal myositis.

[focal myositis]

Cholesterol crystal embolization usually produces characteristic skin lesions . We report a case responsible for myositis of the calf without suggestive skin lesions . The outcome in this 58 -year -old patient was spontaneously favorable . Cholesterol crystal embolization can produce a range of clinical symptoms , with the skin , kidneys , and eyes being the most common targets . Generalized forms can result in systemic disease . The diagnosis rests on histological findings , and the treatment is symptomatic . Anticoagulants have been shown to worsen the manifestations , whereas antiplatelet therapy may be useful .

Diseases
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Diseases presenting "skin lesions" symptom

child syndrome

cowden syndrome

cutaneous mastocytosis

cystinuria

dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

epidermolysis bullosa simplex

erdheim-chester disease

erythropoietic protoporphyria

familial mediterranean fever

focal myositis

gm1 gangliosidosis

heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

hirschsprung disease

junctional epidermolysis bullosa

lamellar ichthyosis

liposarcoma

lymphangioleiomyomatosis

malignant atrophic papulosis

oligodontia

omenn syndrome

papillon-lefèvre syndrome

primary effusion lymphoma

proteus syndrome

severe combined immunodeficiency

sneddon syndrome

waldenström macroglobulinemia

werner syndrome

wiskott-aldrich syndrome

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