Myositis Ossificans - Imaging
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Case History: Here is a striking case of myositis ossificans. The patient was a 25 y/o male with history of multiple gunshot wounds resulting in spinal cord injury and paraplegia. This plain radiograph (frontal view) shows bilateral heterogeneous calcifications that extend from the iliac bones to the middle third of the femurs. A firearm projectile is located near the left ischial rami.
See discussion of imaging findings in the previous image.
Case courtesy of Dr Alan Jossimar Zavala Vargas, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 69242
See discussion of imaging findings in the previous image.
Case courtesy of Dr Alan Jossimar Zavala Vargas, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 69242