Focal myositis of the thigh misdiagnosed radiologically as rhabdomyosarcoma

Binesh, Fariba; Taghipour, Shokouh; Navabii, Hossein

doi:10.1136/bcr.12.2010.3574

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“…This case is one of the rare cases that affect the muscles of the foot and may be the only one that was mentioned in the Flexor Digitorum Brevis muscle. Many muscles have been mentioned in which this injury occurred, such as the muscles of the thigh, pelvic, head and neck [ 6–8 ].…”

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Focal myositis in the foot: one unique case in the plantar aspect

Alkhatib

Alneasan

Aji

2022

Journal of Surgical Case Reports

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We present a case of an acquired deformity of the toes of a young patient with no previous pathologic or traumatic history. Later, it emerged that it was ‘Focal Myositis’ at the Flexor Digitorum Brevis muscle of the right foot. The clinical course of the case involved a hard painless mass at the muscle belly that increased in size very slowly over several years, causing flexion contracture of the third toe without an accompanying skin lesion.

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Focal myositis in the foot: one unique case in the plantar aspect

Alkhatib

Alneasan

Aji

2022

Journal of Surgical Case Reports

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“…Only cases with clinical description of patients younger than 18 years old were included. Studies matching our criteria were 18 and each one described a single case of focal myositis in paediatric age 15,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] . Only 4 cases were described in the last ten years.…”

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Focal Myositis in paediatric age

Gigante

Corradin

Alaggio

2019

Muscle Ligaments and Tendons J

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Background: Focal Myositis is a rare pseudotumor of unknown aetiology that is often difficult to diagnose and treat. Typically afflicting people in adulthood, it has occasionally been reported also among children. Purpose: the aim of this study is to review the literature of Focal Myositis in paediatric age in order to compare the clinical manifestation and the various treatment suggested by different authors. Methods: this article describes a 6-year-old boy with focal myositis in gracilis muscle successfully treated by conservative methods, including nocturnal leg traction, intensive physiokinesi therapy and articulated knee orthosis guided to progressive extension. Furthermore a systematic review of literature concerning focal myositis in paediatric age is reported. Conclusion: our case and the review of literature suggests that conservative methods should be the first-choice treatment for FM in paediatric age and that surgery should be strictly reserved for selected cases where non-invasive methods have previously failed.

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“…Focal myositis is a rare, benign, soft tissue pseudotumor, which was first described by Heffner et al Isolated cases have been published, but only 1 study described MRI features in a series of 8 patients . The etiology is unknown .…”

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