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- Title
Myositis ossificans occupying the thenar region: a case report.
- Authors
Akahane, Tsutomu; Mori, Naoya; Nakatsuchi, Yukio
- Abstract
Introduction: Myositis ossificans is a benign, self-limiting, tumor-like lesion that usually affects the elbow and thigh; occurrence in the hand is uncommon. We report a rare case of a patient with myositis ossificans in the thenar region. Case presentation: A 15-year-old Japanese girl presented to our hospital with a 2-month history of a painful mass in the right thenar region without previous trauma. The clinical and radiological examination findings suggested an osteoblastic malignancy. A diagnosis of myositis ossificans was made on the basis of an incisional biopsy. Despite the location of the lesion in the thenar region, a normal functional outcome was achieved after marginal resection of the mature lesion. Conclusions: Clinicians should consider myositis ossificans as a possible diagnosis for a soft tissue mass in the hand, thereby avoiding unnecessarily aggressive therapy.
- Subjects
HAND diseases; FIBRODYSPLASIA ossificans progressiva; CALCIFICATION; INFLAMMATION; NONARTICULAR rheumatism
- Publication
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2015, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1752-1947
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s13256-015-0586-8