title: Myositis ossificans in the tip of the thumb: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kokubun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makino
mesh_terms: 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