Reversible Ectopic Soft Tissue Ossification following Measles Encephalomyelitis

31 January 1962

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood

Vol. 37 (191) , 90-92
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.37.191.90

Abstract

A case is reported of ectopic soft tissue ossification around the hips in a child who suffered from measles encephalomyelitis. This is the first known report of such a complication of measles. Almost complete resorption of the ectopic bone occurred following conservative measures. It appears that if recovery from the paraplegia is possible, the laying down of new bone is a reversible process. Operative removal of ectopic bone is contraindicated.

Keywords

ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
MEASLES/COMPLICATIONS
OSSIFICATION/IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
PARAPLEGIA/IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Ectopic Ossification in Tuberculous Meningitis
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1953