title: [Circumscribed spinal myositis ossificans of infections origin].
abstract: A case of paravertebral, non-traumatic myositis ossificans in a 4.5 year-old boy is reported. Infectious spondylitis and osteosarcoma were considered before the diagnosis was established on the basis of histological examinations of a biopsy performed during excision. A group G beta hemolytic streptococcus was isolated from the biopsy, suggesting an infectious etiology which has rarely been reported. The child appears to be completely cured one year after excision.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie infantile, CHU Côte-de-Nacre, Caen, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sijelmassi
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mallet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ravasse
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delmas
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009187:Myelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Myosite ossifiante circonscrite rachidienne d'origine infectieuse.