THE DEVELOPMENT OF SARCOMA IN MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS
- 4 July 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 119 (10) , 776-779
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1942.02830270012003
Abstract
Myositis ossificans has been described as a deposition of bone in muscles or about their insertions and as a low grade inflammatory process characterized by the formation of bone within, or in contact with muscle.1 The lesion involves primarily the fascial connective tissue, any muscular changes being secondary and degenerative. Aberrant osteogenesis, however, is not limited to the skeletal system and voluntary muscles. True bone formation has been reported as occurring in the meninges, brain, arteries, lungs, lymph nodes, stomach, kidneys, ureter, bladder and skin, as well as in benign and malignant tumors.2 Although Guy Patin,3 in describing the woman who turned to wood, reported the first case of myositis ossificans in 1692, it was not until the advent of the roentgen ray as a diagnostic aid that the disease really became an important clinical entity and medicolegal question. Freke4 in 1740 and Copping5 inThis publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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