title: Acute abdominal pain following fracture of a heterotopically formed bone incorporating a prolene mesh.
abstract: A case is presented of severe abdominal pain around a healed scar following fracture of a heterotopically formed bone. This should be considered an unusual differential diagnosis in patients with acute pain of unknown origin who had open abdominal surgery in the past. To our knowledge, we have also reported the first case of hetertopic bone formation incorporating a prolene mesh.
authors.affiliation: Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK. hnageswaran@googlemail.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nageswaran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dunkley
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011126:Polypropylenes; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes