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The “starry night” (diffuse microcalcific myopathy) – thousands of muscle microcalcifications after 30 years of Trichinella infection detected by ultrasound
Author(s) -
Daniela Fodor,
Carmen Georgiu,
Michael Andrei Pelea,
Oana Șerban,
Alexandru Micu,
Mihaela Micu
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
medical ultrasonography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2066-8643
pISSN - 1844-4172
DOI - 10.11152/mu-3614
Subject(s) - medicine , myositis , ultrasound , muscle disease , myopathy , trichinella , pectoral muscle , pathology , disease , radiology , anatomy , immunology , helminths
Trichinellosis, a parasitosis transmitted through consumption of raw or undercooked meat from pigs and game animals, is responsible for a specific myositis. The calcifications of infected myocytes and larva can be detected during many years postin-fection. We present the case of a male patient with a history of severe trichinellosis with disease onset 30 years ago, presenting with generalized muscle microcalcifications detected during musculoskeletal ultrasound evaluation. The ultrasound aspect of the muscles was indeed spectacular; hence, the comparison with a ”starry night”.

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