[Diffuse myalgias. A series of 210 cases (author's transl)].

210 cases of diffuse myalgias are analysed. Among them two groups of very near frequency can be distinguished. The first group (100 cases) concerns mainly inflammatory myalgias. In the second group (110 cases) no organic aetiology is found. They appear as purely "functional", frequent manifestations of an anxious and/or depressive condition. Their evolution is often chronic and refractory to therapeutics; the diagnosis is frequently misappreciated.