Ultrasound in tropical pyomyositis
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Luca Belli; Alberto Reggiori; Eugenio Cocozza; Luciano Riboldi
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Article
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1992
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Springer
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English
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Tropical pyomyositis is an infection of muscles mainly presenting in black people, occurring in the trunk and limbs. At Hoima Hospital, Uganda, 58 patients (30 men and 28 women) with a mean age of 21 years have been investigated by ultrasound; a total of 81 lesions were present. Two different charac