Citation

Koide Y, Ishihara H, Kanda F. Muscle Nerve 2008; 37(2): 262-264.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, Kasai City Hospital, 1-13 Yokoo, Hojo-cho, Kasai-shi, Hyogo 675-2393, Japan. yuri_jap@yahoo.com.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/mus.20894

PMID

17724737

Abstract

We report a 46-year-old woman who experienced swelling of the right thigh around the wound caused by a dog bite. Physical findings, laboratory findings, imaging studies, and muscle biopsy showed that this was nodular-type muscle sarcoidosis. This is an unusual case of sarcoidosis, and the possibility is discussed that a dog bite may serve as a trauma to trigger sarcoidosis in genetically predisposed individuals.

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