title: [Myositis ossificans localisata of the thenar muscles].
abstract: In a case report the difficult histologic differential diagnosis between Myositis ossificans and extra-osseous osteosarcoma is illustrated. For the patient, one diagnosis means the preservation, the other the loss of an extremity with all possible complications of a malignant growth.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Myositis ossificans localisata am Thenar.