Heterotopic Mesenteric Ossification after Blunt Abdominal Trauma and Multiple Surgical Operations
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Heterotopic Mesenteric Ossification after Blunt Abdominal Trauma and Multiple Surgical Operations
We present a case of a 26-year-old man with mesenteric heterotopic ossification following blunt abdominal trauma and multiple surgical operations. Computed tomography 10 months after the initial trauma demonstrated linear, branching opacities within the small bowel mesentery that had a cortical and trabecular structure indicative of mature bone. We found only 25 reports in the literature of sma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology Case Reports
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1930-0433
DOI: 10.2484/rcr.v3i4.243