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Idiopathic heterotopic ossification in the intensive care setting
J E Lane1, R J Dean, G D Foulkes
1Department of Internal Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia 31201, USA.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|August 20, 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.

