Original Article

Reactions of Soft Somatic Tissue Which May Progress to Bone Formation: Circumscribed (Traumatic) Myositis Ossificans

Authors: W S GILMER JR. M.D., LEWIS D. ANDERSON M.D.

Abstract

Myositis ossificans is a term about which there is much confusion. It is used here in a sense related to the formation of new bone following trauma to soft tissues. The lesion may appear at several anatomic sites dependent upon circumstances.

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