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Heterotopic Ossification Mimicking Acute Arthritis After Neurologic Catastrophes
Marc A. Goldberg, MD;
H. Ralph Schumacher, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1977;137(5):619-621.
Abstract
Three patients developed periarticular heterotopic new bone formation during the first two months after a CNS disorder. In each patient warmth, swelling, and tenderness around one or two joints initially resembled severe arthritis. Diagnosis was aided by roentgenograms of the involved areas that showed the ossification. While no treatment has been clearly demonstrated to interrupt the ossification and resultant contracture, a course of cautious physical therapy and antiinflammatory medication is probably indicated.
(Arch Intern Med 137:619-621, 1977)
Author Affiliations
From the Veterans Administration Hospital and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 5, 1976.
Reprint requests to Veterans Administration Hospital, University and Woodlawn Avenues, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Dr Schumacher).
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