Myositis ossificans mimicking sarcoma: a not so rare bioptic diagnostic pitfall

• Egile Nagusiak: Luisa Cortellazzo Wiel (Egilea), Matteo Trevisan (Egilea), Flora Maria Murru (Egilea), Marco Rabusin (Egilea), Egidio Barbi (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
• Sarrera elektronikoa: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Myositis ossificans (MO) is a heterotopic bone formation in soft tissues, usually caused by traumas or neuropathies. Although the aetiology remains unclear, MO is supposed to be an osteoblast metaplasia with a benign and self-limiting course. Remarkably, at onset MO can be clinic...