This congenital affection is characterised by the formation of columns of bone in the soft tissues with progressive limitation of movement. It is usually associated with microdactyly. According to Vastine et al. (1948), it was von Dusch who named the condition myositis ossificans progressiva in 1868, though cases had been described many years before. This title is unfortunate because the primar...

Using a simple method of quantifying fracture healing, 53 patients who had limb fractures and also severe head injuries were studied; they were compared with 30 patients who had limb fractures but no head injury. Those with head injuries had a greater healing response and united more rapidly. Radiological and histological analysis revealed that the terms "myositis ossificans" and "heterotopic b...

A case of ischemic limb salvage associated with myositis ossificans of the left thigh in a 66-year-old man was reported. The patient had a medical history of cerebral palsy and a cervical spinal cord injury, and had an operative past history of hip arthroplasty for fracture of the left femoral neck 10 years before. He showed ischemic symptoms such as paleness, coldness, and loss of the left dor...

BACKGROUND The term myositis ossificans refers to the formation of ossifications in the muscles, ligaments and fascias, usually as a result of trauma. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a rare genetic disease in which heterotopic ossifications appear in early childhood and are accompanied by feet and spine defects. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 31-year-old woman with massive hetero...

PURPOSE The aim of this paper is to describe the sonographic (US) features of post traumatic myositis ossificans (PTMO). METHODS Fifteen patients with histopathological diagnosis of PTMO were included. The following US parameters were evaluated: presence of a mass, calcifications, power Doppler signals, and relationship with adjacent structures. RESULTS Five patients (33.3%) were diagnosed ...

M yositis ossificans traumatica, a heterotopic bone formation arising after trauma or surgery, is exceedingly rare, although it has been recognized for a long time. Its cause remains obscure, but it may be due to osteoblastic metaplasia of multipotential mesenchymal cells after trauma or due to implantation of bone or periosteum into the soft tissues during surgery. This report refers to an int...