Affiliations 

  • 1 Syama Prasad Menon, MBBS, MRCP (UK). Clinical Specialist, Medical Unit, Penang General Hospital Penang, Malaysia
  • 2 Peraba Subramaniam, MBBS, FRCS. Clinical Specialist, Orthopaedic Unit, Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
  • 3 Lim Kean Ghee, MBChB. House Officer, Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1984 Dec;39(4):297-9.
PMID: 6544937

Abstract

Four cases of tropical myositis seen over a period of four months at the Penang General Hospital are reported here. All were young local residents in whom large amounts of pus were found deep within skeletal muscles without an obvious aetiological factor.

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