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[Circumscribed spinal myositis ossificans of infections origin]
R Sijelmassi1, J F Mallet, P Ravasse
1Service de chirurgie infantile, CHU Côte-de-Nacre, Caen, France.
Pediatrie
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of paravertebral, non-traumatic myositis ossificans in a 4.5 year-old boy is reported. Infectious spondylitis and osteosarcoma were considered before the diagnosis was established on the basis of histological examinations of a biopsy performed during excision. A group G beta hemolytic streptococcus was isolated from the biopsy, suggesting an infectious etiology which has rarely been reported. The child appears to be completely cured one year after excision.