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BACKGROUND
Renal malacoplakia is a very rare chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by specific infiltration of tissue by inflammatory cells, and presents similar radiological characteristics to those of renal cell carcinoma.
METHODS
A 54-year old woman, with a 37-year history of smoking,
MACROPHAGIC MYOFASCIITIS: A most unusual inflammatory myopathy, first described by Germmad had been reported with increasing frequency since 1993 in the leading French myopathology centers. We present our experience with this new disease: macrophagic myofasciitis.
METHODS
By November 1999, 70 cases
BACKGROUND
An unusual inflammatory myopathy characterised by an infiltration of non-epithelioid histiocytic cells has been recorded with increasing frequency in the past 5 years in France. We reassessed some of these cases.
METHODS
We did a retrospective analysis of 18 such cases seen in five
OBJECTIVE
A new type of inflammatory myopathy of unknown etiology has recently been described in France. The myopathy, called macrophagic myofasciitis, had never been described in the literature.
METHODS
In December 1998, 35 cases of macrophagic myofasciitis were reported, showing an increase in its