[Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva or Münchmeyer's disease. Personal observation].
We report here a case of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in a 14-year-old boy, affected from birth by microdactyly of the big toes. This skeletal abnormality also existed in his paternal great-grandfather. When he was 7, some ectopic ossifications occurred and inexorably progressed despite all therapies. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a serious and rare disease with a terrible development, leading to a sort of petrifaction of the patient. The lack of knowledge on this ectopic ossification process explains the want of suitable treatments to stop the course of this disease.
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D000293:Adolescent; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006214:Hallux / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography
La fibrodisplasia ossificante progressiva o malattia di Münchmeyer. Osservazione personale.