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CASE REPORT
Myositis ossificans circumscripta, secondary to high-velocity gunshot and fragment wound that causes sciatica
  1. Kemal Gokkus1,
  2. Ergin Sagtas2,
  3. Feride Ekimler Suslu3,
  4. Ahmet Turan Aydin4
  1. 1Department of Orthopaeidcs, Ozel Antalya Memorial Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Ozel Antalya Memorial Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
  3. 3Department of Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation, Ozel Antalya Memorial Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
  4. 4Ozel Antalya Memorial Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to Dr Kemal Gokkus, kgokkus{at}gmail.com

Summary

This report concerns an unusual cause of sciatica. The case presented is of a young man with myositis ossificans that resulted in sciatica and was treated with en bloc excision and low-dose radiotherapy and indomethacine. The aim of this study was to explain the different diagnostic properties of myositis ossificans around the hip and non-classic causes of sciatica.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-201362

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