title: Early diagnosis of myositis ossificans with Tc-99m diphosphonate imaging.
abstract: Myositis ossificans is primarily a disorder of young adults, whereby an area of muscle mass undergoes progressive ossification. The authors review a case in which the patient's presentation was somewhat atypical, and where the course of disease was unusually prolonged. Examination of the soft tissue lesion using Tc-99m diphosphonate bone scans was helpful in establishing the diagnosis and in determining the full extent of the process early in its evolution.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D013667:Technetium; C029045:technetium Tc 99m diphosphonate