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Proliferative myositis in a patient with AIDS
B Wlachovska1, B Abraham, J F Deux
1Department of Radiology, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France.
Skeletal Radiology
|December 5, 2003
Abstract:
We report a case of proliferative myositis in the right biceps of a 56-year-old man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Imaging methods included sonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The diagnosis was made by a core-cut biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy with immunohistochemical analysis. The lesion disappeared after 2 months without treatment. It is particularly important to determine whether intramuscular masses arising in patients with AIDS are due to an infectious or malignant process.