Idiopathic heterotopic ossification in the intensive care setting

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 inten...

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Published inPostgraduate medical journal Vol. 78; no. 922; pp. 494 - 495
Main Authors Lane, J E, Dean, R J, Foulkes, G D, Chandler, P W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01.08.2002
BMJ
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Oxford University Press
BMJ Group
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Case Report
Case studies
Complications and side effects
Critical Care
critical illness
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Elbow Joint - diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis
Female
heterotopic ossification
Humans
idiopathic
Injuries
Intensive care
Joint Diseases - diagnosis
Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging
Laboratories
Medical sciences
Medicine
Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases
Ossification
Ossification, Heterotopic - diagnosis
Pathophysiology
Patients
Phosphatase
Practice
Radiography
Range of motion
Trauma
Ventilators
Wounds and injuries
United States
Case study
Human
Intensive care
Treatment
Heterotopic
Diagnosis
Ossification
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Summary: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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PMID:12185228
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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@mercer.edu
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ISSN:0032-5473
1469-0756
DOI:10.1136/pmj.78.922.494