Proliferative Myositis in a Two-Year-Old Child

George M. Kleinman Department of Pathology, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA; Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, USA

, MD,

John D. Zefem Department of Surgery, The Griffin Hospital, Derby, Connecticut, 06418, USA

, MD &

Foster J. Sanders Department of Pathology, The Griffin Hospital, Derby, Connecticut, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, USA

, MD

Abstract

A 2-year-old boy had intermittent pain and mottling of the left thigh. Swelling of the vastus lateralis developed, and a biopsy revealed proliferative myositis. The pathogenesis is unknown, but trauma and ischemia have been implicated. The rarity of proliferative myositis in children, and the possibility of mistaking the lesion for a sarcoma make the case noteworthy.

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