MYOSITIS-OSSIFICANS IN THE TIP OF THE THUMB - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
GOTO H HATORI M KOKUBUN S MAKINO M
Citation
H. Goto et al., MYOSITIS-OSSIFICANS IN THE TIP OF THE THUMB - A CASE-REPORT, Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 184(1), 1998, pp. 67-72
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental","Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00408727
Volume
184
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
67 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-8727(1998)184:1<67:MITTOT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A case of a myositis ossificans occurring in the distal portion of the finger is reported. An 18-year-old female noticed a small nodule in t he tip of the left thumb for 11 months. Plain radiographs showed calci fied shadow and there was a radiolucent zone between the mass and the distal phalanx. The excised mass was diagnosed as myositis ossificans. To our best knowledge, there has been no report of a myositis ossific ans in the tip of the finger in literature. (C) 1998 Tohoku University Medical Press.