Brucellosis presenting as piriformis myositis: a case report

• Main Authors: Kraniotis, Pantelis, Marangos, Markos, Lekkou, Alexandra, Romanos, Odysseas, Solomou, Ekaterini
• Other Authors: Κρανιώτης, Παντελής
• Format: Journal (paper)
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Μυοσίτιδα; Myositis; Brucella melitensis

Myositis is a rare bacterial muscle infection. Involvement of the piriformis muscle has been rarely reported in the literature. In this report we describe a case of piriformis myositis due to Brucella melitensis, which to the best of our knowledge is the first such case presented in the literature.