Myositis ossificans in the tip of the thumb: a case report.
A case of a myositis ossificans occurring in the distal portion of the finger is reported. An 18-year-old female noticed a small nodule in the tip of the left thumb for 11 months. Plain radiographs showed calcified shadow and there was a radiolucent zone between the mass and the distal phalanx. The excised mass was diagnosed as myositis ossificans. To our best knowledge, there has been no report of a myositis ossificans in the tip of the finger in literature.
Goto
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Hatori
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Kokubun
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Makino
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed