title: Case report 694: Cervical paravertebral circumscribed myositis ossificans.
abstract: MO is a soft-tissue mass, reported only 3 times in the cervical paravertebral area in a search of the literature. We describe an additional case in a 10-year-old girl. We emphasize that in the unusual radial radiopaque roentgenographic image, a malignant tumor could be considered. We also stress that CT scanning can be of great value in establishing the diagnosis. The clinical types and the radiological and pathological features of MO are described in some detail and the "zonal" sign is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: López Barea
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Peralto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonzalez López
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sanchez Perez Grueso
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed