title: Myositis ossificans of the supinator muscle causing posterior interosseous nerve palsy: a case report.
abstract: Some tumors or tumorous conditions causing posterior interosseous nerve palsy are well documented, but myositis ossificans causing the palsy of this nerve has not been described. We present a case of posterior interosseous nerve palsy caused by myositis ossificans of the supinator muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tamanagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan. kitayasu@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawaizumi
authors.forename: Hiromoto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D005542:Forearm / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed