[Myospherulosis: a riddle asked by strange bags of marbles. A report of four cases (author's transl)]

Sem Hop. 1979 Jun;55(23-26):1221-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Four cases of "myospherulosis" are presented with a review of the thirty cases previously reported in the litterature. The disease is characterized by clusters of spherules, surrounded by a thin membranous bag, within a multicystic reaction of muscular and subcutaneous tissue or of paranasal sinuses. The actual nature of these spherules still remains unknown. Several pathogenic hypothesis are suggested.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Buttocks*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Maxillary Sinus* / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscles / pathology
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Muscular Diseases / pathology
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / pathology