title: [Heterotopic ossifications: a severe complication following extensive burn injury].
abstract: Heterotopic ossifications in periarticular tissue can appear after severe head injury, spine trauma or local joint trauma. Following extensive burns, heterotopic ossifications are a rare, severe complication with an unclear pathogenesis. We report one case with this kind of complication in a 50-year old male patient who sustained full and partial thickness burn injuries over 60 % of the body. The thermal injury was accompanied by a severe inhalation injury.
authors.affiliation: Plastische Chirurgie, Handchirurgie, Intensiveinheit für Schwerbrandverletzte, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany. f.siemers@gmx.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Siemers
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lohmeyer
authors.forename: H-G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Machens
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eisenbeiss
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mailänder
mesh_terms: D000844:Ankylosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery