Myositis ossificans of the chest wall simulating malignant neoplasm.
Myositis ossificans originating from the chest wall is extremely rare. We report a case of myositis ossificans occurring in a young woman with progressive painful swelling in the chest wall. Preoperative examination suggested a malignant neoplasm originating from soft tissue. Although rare, myositis ossificans is one of the potential causes of painful swelling in the chest wall, and can be mistaken for a malignant neoplasm.
Kim
J T
JT
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Inchon, Korea. jtkim@inha.ac.kr
Yoon
Y H
YH
Baek
W K
WK
Han
J Y
JY
Chu
Y C
YC
Kim
H J
HJ
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*