Myositis ossificans: a rare neonatal presentation.

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Abstract

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 16. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 5;2017:bcr2017219422. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-219422. Traumatic myositis ossificans circumscripta (MOC). Landolsi M(1), Mrad T(2). Author information: (1)Faculty of Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia. (2)Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia. We report a case of a 29-year-old man who had been a victim of a public road accident. Four weeks later, the patient developed an isolated right thigh mass located ventrally in the distal one-third of the thigh. The mass was painful and associated with fever and inflammatory syndrome. Plain radiographs showed a bilateral calcified thickening of soft tissues with well-defined bony margins. Ultrasound objectified diffuse calcifications of soft tissues.CT scan-confirmed the diagnosis of myositis ossificans circumscripta, showing a bilateral thickening of the vastus intermedius chief of the quadriceps dotted with calcifications, extending along the femur axis. These calcifications have well-defined bony margins separated from the periosteum by a lucent zone. © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-219422 PMCID: PMC5534746