Focal myositis of the sternocleidomastoid muscle: a rare and uncommon cause of cervical mass

Focal myositis of the sternocleidomastoid muscle: a rare and uncommon cause of cervical mass

We report on a 70-year-old male patient admitted to the internal medicine department for evaluation of a right cervical mass. He had been treated with antibiotics as an outpatient by his primary care doctor. Upon admission the patient was asymptomatic, but within a few hours his cervical mass enlarg...

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Main Authors: Léa Docquier, Xavier Jannot, Zaida Córdoba-Sosa, Léa Pierre, Pierre Alexis Austrusseau, Emmanuel Andres, Noel Lorenzo Villalba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2023-05-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
neck masses
sternocleidomastoid muscle
magnetic resonance image (mri)
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/3919

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