Myositis ossificans on the forearm in a 10-year-old girl.

Say, Ferhat; Coşkun, Sina; Bülbül, Murat; Alici, Ömer · J Pediatr Orthop B · 2015

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Myositis ossificans is a rarely encountered benign lesion characterized by a non-neoplastic heterotopic bone formation in both soft tissue and skeletal muscle. Three subgroups of myositis ossificans are identified: myositis ossificans progressiva, which is hereditary; nontraumatic or pseudomalignant myositis ossificans, which is developed in the absence of any trauma; and myositis ossificans circumscripta, which is related to evident and direct trauma. In this case report, we present a girl with a swelling on the forearm who was finally diagnosed with nontraumatic myositis ossificans.

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