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Tuberculous pyomyositis of the temporal muscle in a nonimmunocompromised woman: diagnosis by sonography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Chih-Kai Chu
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Lo-Tung Poh-Ai Hospital, Ilan 265, Taiwan.
Tsung-Lin Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Ching-Ting Tan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
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Abstract

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Pyomyositis (PM) is an uncommon cause of acute bacterial infection occurring in skeletal muscle. This disease is rare in non-tropical areas, and PM caused by Mycobacterium is very rare in a non-immunocompromised person. The presence of temporal area swelling may lead to a differential diagnosis toward more common pathologies, such as a complication of mastoiditis or a neoplasm of the temporal area. This article describes a case of tuberculous pyomyositis in a non-immunocompromised woman, the diagnosis of which was confirmed by sonographically guided fine-needle aspiration.

Type
Research Article
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© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2004