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*DOES NOT include [[Masticatory Muscle Myositis]]
*Rare
*Clinical signs:
**Muscle pain
**Fever
**Weakness, particularly in hind limbs
*Grossly:
**Inflammation is accompanied by muscle necrosis and regeneration
*Histologically:
**Inflammatory foci with lymphocytes, plasma cells and occasionally eosinophils
*Possibly immunological cause
*Single biopsy may not be enough to make the diagnosis as it tends to be multifocal and disseminated
*Lesions similar to some infectious causes (such as ''[[Toxoplasma gondii]]'')
[[Category:Muscles - Inflammatory Pathology]]