Citation

Sawyer JR, Kapoor M, Gonzales MH, Warner WC, Canale ST, Beaty JH. J. Pediatr. Orthop. 2009; 29(8): 865-867.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic, Memphis, TN; Department of Family Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181c1e2ce

PMID

19934700

Abstract

Heterotopic ossification is bone formation that occurs in an abnormal soft tissue location, most commonly after trauma, head injury, and surgical procedures such as joint arthroplasty. We report a rare case of severe heterotopic ossification caused by nonaccidental injury in a 3-year-old child. To our knowledge, heterotopic ossification as a result of nonaccidental injury in children has been reported in only 2 other patients. Physicians should be aware of this rare presentation of nonaccidental injury, and nonaccidental injury should be considered in the differential diagnosis in children who present with heterotopic ossification.

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