title: Myositis ossificans of the medial pterygoid muscle.
abstract: Myositis ossificans (MO) is a disease whose main feature is the formation of heterotopic bone involving muscle or any other soft tissue. Pathogenesis is not all clear, but trauma is universally recognized as a trigger event. Myositis ossificans can be divided into 2 classifications: MO progressiva and MO traumatica. The authors present a case of a 64-year-old man who was diagnosed with MOT of the left medial pterygoid muscle. The patient had a long clinical history of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular articulation related to previous conditions, and no major traumatic events were reported, apparently related to MOT.
authors.affiliation: Sapienza Universita' di Roma, Facolta' di Medicina E Chirurgia, Cattedra di Chirurgia Maxillo Facciale, Rome, Italy. valerioramieri@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramieri
authors.forename: Cristiana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bianca
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arangio
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cascone
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000473:pathology*