PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Manel Landolsi
AU  - Tej Mrad
TI  - Traumatic myositis ossificans circumscripta (MOC)
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2017-219422
DP  - 2017 Jul 05
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr-2017-219422
VI  - 2017
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-219422.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-219422.full
AB  - We report a case of a 29-year-old man who had been a victim of a public road accident. Four weeks later, the patient developed an isolated right thigh mass located ventrally in the distal one-third of the thigh. The mass was painful and associated with fever and inflammatory syndrome. Plain radiographs showed a bilateral calcified thickening of soft tissues with well-defined bony margins. Ultrasound objectified diffuse calcifications of soft tissues.CT scan-confirmed the diagnosis of myositis ossificans circumscripta, showing a bilateral thickening of the vastus intermedius chief of the quadriceps dotted with calcifications, extending along the femur axis. These calcifications have well-defined bony margins separated from the periosteum by a lucent zone.