title: Non-traumatic myositis ossificans in the paraspinal muscles.
abstract: Myositis ossificans circumscripta (MOC) is a benign condition of heterotopic bone formation that remains difficult to distinguish from soft-tissue and bone malignancies. We describe an unusual case of non-traumatic MOC in the cervical paraspinal muscle. The diagnosis could only be established after surgery and histological examination. We present a review of the literature on this subject and discuss some related features (radiological and histological).
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1000, Brussels, Belgium. sven.saussez@umh.ac.be
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saussez
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blaivie
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemort
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chantrain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001415:Back; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed