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Focal myositis in the hand. 1988

J K Maguire, and L W Milford, and J A Pitcock

Campbell Foundation, Memphis, Tenn.

Focal myositis is a rare, benign, pseudotumor of skeletal muscle that is usually seen as a steadily enlarging soft tissue tumor in an otherwise healthy patient. Focal involvement of muscle with severe myopathic and inflammatory changes characterize the histology. The natural course of this disorder is spontaneous regression. We report the case of a 7-year-old girl with focal myositis of the index lumbrical muscle. This is the first reported incidence of focal myositis that involves muscle of the hand.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009220	Myositis	Inflammation of a muscle or muscle tissue.	Inflammatory Myopathy,Myositis, Focal,Myositis, Infectious,Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies,Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy,Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis,Infectious Myositis,Inflammatory Muscle Diseases,Inflammatory Myopathies, Idiopathic,Inflammatory Myopathy, Idiopathic,Muscle Diseases, Inflammatory,Myopathies, Idiopathic Inflammatory,Myopathy, Inflammatory,Myositis, Proliferative,Focal Myositides,Focal Myositis,Infectious Myositides,Inflammatory Muscle Disease,Inflammatory Myopathies,Muscle Disease, Inflammatory,Myopathies, Inflammatory,Myopathy, Idiopathic Inflammatory,Myositides,Myositides, Focal,Myositides, Infectious,Myositides, Proliferative,Proliferative Myositides,Proliferative Myositis
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006225	Hand	The distal part of the arm beyond the wrist in humans and primates, that includes the palm, fingers, and thumb.	Hands
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man