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Vol. 18 - Num. 71

Clinical Reviews

Pyomyositis of unusual location

Manuel Vargas Péreza, Beatriz González Gómezb, Fernando Baquero Artigaoc

aServicio de Pediatría. Hospital de Poniente. El Ejido. Almería. España.
bServicio de Pediatría. Unidad de Infecciosas y Patología Tropical. Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz. Madrid. España.
cSociedad Española de Infectología Pediátrica (SEIP). España.

Correspondence: M Vargas. E-mail: vargasperezm@gmail.com

Reference of this article: Vargas Pérez M, González Gómez B, Baquero Artigao F. Pyomyositis of unusual location. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2016;18:e101-e105.

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Abstract

We report the case of a nine-year-old girl who presents a post-traumatic sternocleidomastoid tumoration with final diagnosis of pyomyositis. Symptomatology, diagnostic tests, treatment and main differential diagnosis are reviewed.

Keywords

Abscess Pyomyositis Staphylococcus aureus Ultrasonography

 

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