MYOSITIS-OSSIFICANS OF THE CHEST-WALL

We report the unusual case of a young man with progressive pain in the thoracic wall, The radionuclide bone scan revealed an increased uptak e, and the bone roentgenogram, a calcified soft-tissue mass. Based on computed tomography findings, biopsy was avoided, and evolution was fa vourable for myositis ossificans, Although rare, myositis ossificans i s one of the potential causes of thoracic pain, not to be mistaken for a malignant or infectious lesion.