TY - JOUR T1 - An adolescent athlete with groin and hip pain JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 76 LP - 76 DO - 10.1136/emj.2008.074336 VL - 27 IS - 1 AU - D Burns AU - F Sheikh AU - O Ahmed Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/27/1/76.abstract N2 - The case report is presented of a 14-year-old boy with persistent right hip and groin pain. After failing to respond to conventional management, the patient was admitted and investigated. He had a fever and raised inflammatory markers. MRI of the pelvis revealed pyomyositis of the right adductor compartment extending into the pelvis. Pyomyositis should be considered in a patient with pain disproportionate to the physical examination findings. ER -