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Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2017 , Vol 63 , Num 2
Focal myositis: a rare case report
2 Department of Family Medicine, Medical Faculty of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
4 Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey
5 Department of Radiology, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey DOI : 10.5606/tftrd.2017.78466 Focal myositis is an uncommon, self-limiting, benign skeletal muscle disease, which is generally determined as an inflammatory pseudotumor. The etiology is not fully known, although it has been suggested that subclinical damage may play a role. As it leads to a tumoral mass it may be confused with several diseases leading to incorrect evaluations. Definitive diagnosis is made by biopsy of the skeletal muscle. In radiologic diagnosis, magnetic resonance imaging is the most important modality. In this paper we presented the imaging findings of a 58-year-old female patient with focal myositis who was admitted with complaints of forearm swelling. Keywords : Magnetic resonance imaging; myositis; ultrasonography