title: Bilateral ankylosis of the hips following heterotopic ossification of the ilio-psoas in a child.
abstract: A case of bilateral ankylosis of the hip in a 3-year-old child due to heterotopic ossification of the iliopsoas following a long period of coma is presented. A review of the literature has failed to reveal a similar case with such extensive heterotopic ossification. The patient was treated successfully by surgical excision of the heterotopic bone which was extra-articular and extra-capsular and involved only the iliopsoas muscles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000844:Ankylosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016658:Psoas Muscles