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Computed tomography (CT) were used in the evaluation of unilateral soft tissue swelling of unusual cause. Three patients with unilateral myositis are described and the diagnostic information provided by the CT scan is discussed. A fourth patient with lymphedema praecox and unilateral extremity swelling is presented.
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PMID:Computed tomography in unilateral extremity swelling of unusual cause. 42 94

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was used to assess for the presence of bacterial myositis, rare outside the tropics, in 13 patients with either the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (n = 11) or positive results of serologic tests for the human immunodeficiency virus but without other evidence of AIDS (n = 2). Bacterial myositis was diagnosed in six patients: in five it was caused by pyogenic bacteria, and in the other, by Mycobacterium tuberculosis; in each patient, little or no subcutaneous tissue alteration occurred. On T1-weighted images in three patients, muscle abscesses showed a rim of increased signal intensity corresponding to margins between drainable pus and edematous muscle. Subcutaneous tissues appeared normal in patients with bacterial myositis but was not in the others, in whom muscle abnormalities tended to be less prominent. The latter group included patients with lymphoma (n = 1), Kaposi sarcoma (n = 2), and carbunculosis (n = 1), and three patients in whom no diagnosis was made; lymphedema was presumed to account for imaging abnormalities in four of the latter group.
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PMID:Differential diagnosis of bacterial myositis in AIDS: evaluation with MR imaging. 202 69

Patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer (HNC) experience significant early and long-term side effects. The likelihood and severity of complications depends on a number of factors, including the total dose of radiation delivered, over what time it was delivered and what parts of the head and neck received radiation. Late side effects include: permanent loss of saliva; osteoradionecrosis; radiation recall myositis, pharyngoesophageal stenosis; dental caries; oral cavity necrosis; fibrosis; impaired wound healing; skin changes and skin cancer; lymphedema; hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, lightheadedness, dizziness and headaches; secondary cancer; and eye, ear, neurological and neck structures damage. Patients who undergo radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma tend to suffer from chronic sinusitis. These side effects present difficult challenges to the patients and their caregivers and require life-long strategies to alleviate their deleterious effect on basic life functions and on the quality of life. This review presents these side effects and their management.
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PMID:Late side effects of radiation treatment for head and neck cancer. 3301 51