Myositis from intramuscular oil injections in a bodybuilder

Bilateral intramuscular pseudotumor in a bodybuilder.

A 29-year-old bodybuilder presented with a bilateral palpable and painful soft tissue mass in the deltoid region. CT scan showed a bilateral intramuscular mass within the deltoid muscle with intralesional fat (not shown). For further differentiation and exclusion of a fat-containing sarcomatous lesion, MRI of both shoulders was performed. Axial T1-weighted images (WI) of the right shoulder show...

Intramuscular Quinine Injections in Malaria

to disappear completely. (d) Gentle massage is very essential after injection. (?) Too strong a solution gives pain. I always inject 5 grs. in 20 minims of distilled water. If this dose is not sufficient, it may be repeated. Whenever I used a stronger solution it invariably gave a certain amount of pain(/) The puncture should be sealed with compound benzoin tincture or collodiuin flexile. Simpl...

Quinine Sulphate for Intramuscular Injections

Sir,?Owing to the shortage of quinine by-hydrochloride may we draw attention to the following method of using quinine sulphate for intramuscular injections which we have found to be successful in malaria ? About 6,000 injections have been given in the past 12 months without any abscess formation and the therapeutic results have been as satisfactory as quinine bi-liydrochloride. Even infants, a ...

Subcutaneous or intramuscular insulin injections.

To find out whether diabetic children may inject their insulin intramuscularly rather than subcutaneously, a random sample of 32 patients aged 4.3-17.9 (median 11.3) years was studied. Distance from skin to muscle fascia was measured by ultrasonography at standard injection sites on the outer arm, anterior and lateral thigh, abdomen, buttock, and calf. Distances were greater in girls (n = 15) t...

Quinine Sulphate for Intramuscular Injections