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Postgrad Med J 2002;78:494-495 doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.494
  • Case report

Idiopathic heterotopic ossification in the intensive care setting

  1. J E Lane1,
  2. R J Dean1,
  3. G D Foulkes2,
  4. P W Chandler3
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia, USA
  2. 2Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery
  3. 3Department of Radiology
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr R Jonathan Dean, Department of Internal Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia, 707 Pine Street, Macon, GA 31201, USA;
 dean_rj{at}mercer.edu
  • Received 4 June 2001
  • Accepted 7 January 2002

Abstract

Heterotopic ossification is characterised by the periarticular deposition of ectopic bone. It typically occurs after trauma, neurogenic injury, or congenital causes. Idiopathic heterotopic ossification has been rarely reported. A patient who developed idiopathic heterotopic ossification in the intensive care unit without any known predisposing conditions is presented.

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