J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg.  2006 Feb;32(1):65-68.

Myositis involving masticatory muscles in behcet's disease

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea. kwkim@chungbuk.ac.kr

Abstract

Muscular involvement in Behcet's disease is rare manifestation in spite of basic characteristic that is vasculitis can invade multi-organ of the entire body. A few cases has been announced involving the lower extremities, the arm and generalized weakness. Like our case, myositis involving the masticatory muscles with clinically diagnosed Behcet's disease was presented with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the clinical findings, which is, not yet documented in the literature.

Keyword

Behcet's disease; Myositis; Masticatory muscles

MeSH Terms

Arm
Lower Extremity
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Masticatory Muscles*
Myositis*
Vasculitis
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