Acute onset of hip pain and swelling with calcification mimicking pyogenic myositis

Abstract

Abstract In cases with acute hip pain, noninflammatory orthopedics diseases are common. But we sometimes experience acute pyomyositis with high inflammation. Although a rare case, we consider calcific tendonitis and pyogenic myositis.

Keywords

• calcific tendonitis
• myositis of gluteus medius
• pyomyositis