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Myositis ossificans in children: a review.
European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie - 1 May 2017
Sferopoulos N K, Kotakidou R, Petropoulos A S
Abstract excerpt
The formation of lamellar bone in the soft tissues, where bone normally does not exist, is called myositis ossificans. However, it would be more accurate to describe as myositis ossificans the involvement of skeletal muscles and as ectopic or heterotopic ossification the involvement of soft tissues in general. The lesion is subdivided in genetic and non-genetic or acquired types. Myositis or fibrodysplasia...
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