Myositis ossificans in the infraspinatus muscle: The key to diagnosis
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Eliza Stavride; Antonia Bintoudi; Sofia–Chrysovalantou Zagalioti; Nikiforos Galanis
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports, Vol 7, Iss 11, Pp 2260-2262 (2019)
- Subject
- heterotopic ossification
infraspinatus muscle
myositis ossificans
zonal pattern
zone phenomenon
Medicine
Medicine (General)
R5-920
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Abstract The zone phenomenon is the most important diagnostic feature in differentiating myositis ossificans from malignancies such as osteosarcomas, which calcify from the center to the periphery and its presence in our late‐stage lesion was the key to diagnosis.