HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION MIMICKING INFECTION - SCINTIGRAPHIC EVALUATION

Authors
NAGARAJ N ELGAZZAR AH FERNANDEZULLOA M
Citation
N. Nagaraj et al., HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION MIMICKING INFECTION - SCINTIGRAPHIC EVALUATION, Clinical nuclear medicine, 20(9), 1995, pp. 763-766
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03639762
Volume
20
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
763 - 766
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(1995)20:9<763:HOMI-S>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Heterotopic ossification is a disorder of unknown etiology characteriz ed by bone formation in the mesenchymal tissues, It occurs most common ly in patients who have had traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury , or joint trauma or surgery.