DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i08.021

Pages: 528-530

Multifocal pyomyositis is a rare infection of the striated muscles described for the first time by Scriba in 1885. We report the case of 53 years old diabetic women, who presented with multifocal pyomyositis two months after a phlegmon of the left foot. MRI of the left hip showed multiple pelvic a collections around the coxo-femoral joint. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics but developed later a left coxo-femoral ankylosis. Multifocal pyomyositis is rarely reported in immunocompetent patients. The diagnosis is not always easy; it should be kept in mind in patients with muscle ache and fever. The evolution of this disease is often favorable if treatment is started early.