TY - JOUR
T1 - Radionuclide findings of pyomyositis
AU - Lamki, L.
AU - Willis, R. B.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Pyomyositis is a common entity in the tropical countries both in adults and in children. It is rare in the temperate countries and, in fact, so uncommon that it is often mistaken for a malignant tumor even after an arteriogram is performed. 'Tropical' pyomyositis, as it is often referred to, is a deep intramuscular abscess involving a large muscle belly. The involved muscle is clinically firm, tender, and swollen with normal overlying skin and subcutaneous tissue. The patient usually has a low grade fever. The disease is not associated with high morbidity. These findings are 'typical' in the tropics and the diagnosis is straightforward. However, when the same clinical situation occurs in the temperate countries, it is often misdiagnosed. We recently came across a Canadian child with 'tropical' pyomyositis involving the gastocnemius muscles and we had the opportunity to study the condition with radionuclides, including a bone scan and a gallium scan.
AB - Pyomyositis is a common entity in the tropical countries both in adults and in children. It is rare in the temperate countries and, in fact, so uncommon that it is often mistaken for a malignant tumor even after an arteriogram is performed. 'Tropical' pyomyositis, as it is often referred to, is a deep intramuscular abscess involving a large muscle belly. The involved muscle is clinically firm, tender, and swollen with normal overlying skin and subcutaneous tissue. The patient usually has a low grade fever. The disease is not associated with high morbidity. These findings are 'typical' in the tropics and the diagnosis is straightforward. However, when the same clinical situation occurs in the temperate countries, it is often misdiagnosed. We recently came across a Canadian child with 'tropical' pyomyositis involving the gastocnemius muscles and we had the opportunity to study the condition with radionuclides, including a bone scan and a gallium scan.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-198210000-00007
DO - 10.1097/00003072-198210000-00007
M3 - Article
C2 - 6216034
AN - SCOPUS:0020321430
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 7
SP - 465
EP - 467
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 10
ER -