Myositis ossificans with Ga-67 citrate positivity.
A 16 year-old boy presented with a firm mass within the left thigh. Ga-6 7 citrate and bone scintigraphy revealed soft tissue radiotracer accumulation within the mass lesion. Radiographs and xerography of the left thigh revealed calcification within the soft tissue mass typical of myositis ossificans. The patient's clinical course was uneventful.
D000293:Adolescent; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes