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- Title
Posttraumatic intra-articular heterotopic ossification of the shoulder joint in a 15-month-old boy.
- Authors
Wang, Sung; Choi, Seung; Park, Eun; Kim, Jung; Wang, Sung Il; Choi, Seung Min; Park, Eun Hae; Kim, Jung Ryul
- Abstract
Heterotopic ossification (HO) can result from a single severe injury, repeated microtrauma, central nervous system injury, extensive burns, or muscular bleeding due to hemophilia. Although relatively rare in childhood and extremely rare within a joint, HO should be included in the differential diagnosis of an intra-articular mass when indicated by clinical, radiographic, and histologic findings. Here, we report a posttraumatic intra-articular HO of the shoulder joint in a 15-month-old boy without underlying hematologic disease. Intra-articular HO in a healthy infant has not been reported previously in the published literature. Because of the unusual presentation and location in a patient of such young age, tumorigenic conditions were considered in the differential diagnosis.
- Subjects
HETEROTOPIC ossification; SHOULDER joint injuries; CENTRAL nervous system injuries; HEMOPHILIA; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis
- Publication
Skeletal Radiology, 2016, Vol 45, Issue 4, p559
- ISSN
0364-2348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00256-015-2279-1