title: Myositis ossificans mimicking compartment syndrome of the forearm.
abstract: Myositis ossificans is a benign disorder of heterotopic bone formation occurring in response to soft tissue trauma. It most commonly presents in young adults and children as a painful, enlarging mass of the arm or thigh. Since there is frequently no significant history of injury, the lesion may be mistaken for a malignant bone or soft tissue tumor or infection. This article presents a case of a child in whom myositis ossificans presented with local signs and symptoms suggestive of a rapidly progressive compartment syndrome following trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, 47th Golomb St, 31048 Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Eitan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Melamed
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Angel
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*