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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun;97(1148):399.
doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-139725. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Myositis due to COVID-19

Sadettin Uslu  1
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Case Reports

Myositis due to COVID-19

Sadettin Uslu. Postgrad Med J. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; MRI; musculoskeletal disorders; rheumatology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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(A) CT scan showing ground-glass opacities and (B) MRI in T2 short-tau inversion recovery sequence showing bilateral gastrocnemius muscle oedema (asterisk).
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