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Abstract

Corticosteroid myopathy is a severe side effect of corticosteroid application. Although the risk usually increases with drug dosage, even a single dose can lead to substantial muscular damage. Usually the tissue recovers over time after discontinuation of the responsible drug. We report local corticosteroid myopathy in a patient who had been given corticosteroid injections because of chronic hip pain. In this case, the patient"s myopathy in the left hip region had not improved after 6 months.

Useful keywords (using NLM MeSH Indexing)

Adrenal Cortex Hormones/administration*

dosage

Adrenal Cortex Hormones/adverse effects*

Buttocks

Female

Humans

Injections, Intramuscular

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Middle Aged

Muscular Diseases/chemically induced*

Muscular Diseases/pathology