Discussion :
Inflammatory myositis of neck. Inflammatory myositis is an extremely rare benign inflammatory condition of skeletal muscle. It usually affects the extremities, and rarely the head and neck region. This child has myositis of the neck muscles, jaw muscles and sternocelidomastoid muscle. It presents as a rapidly enlarging intra muscular mass with no previous history of trauma. The aetiology of focal myositis is unknown. Various theories, including viral infection, denervating processes and ischaemic necrosis of muscle, have been suggested, but not established. |
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