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- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY. | - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY. | ||
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==Heterotopic ossification== | |||
*Abbreviated ''HO''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*Definition of ''heterotopic ossification'': bone formation in soft tissue.<ref name=pmid21611960>{{Cite journal | last1 = Leblanc | first1 = E. | last2 = Trensz | first2 = F. | last3 = Haroun | first3 = S. | last4 = Drouin | first4 = G. | last5 = Bergeron | first5 = E. | last6 = Penton | first6 = CM. | last7 = Montanaro | first7 = F. | last8 = Roux | first8 = S. | last9 = Faucheux | first9 = N. | title = BMP-9-induced muscle heterotopic ossification requires changes to the skeletal muscle microenvironment. | journal = J Bone Miner Res | volume = 26 | issue = 6 | pages = 1166-77 | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/jbmr.311 | PMID = 21611960 }} | |||
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*Injury at site. | |||
*May be seen in the context of tetraplegia. | |||
Clinical:<ref name=pmid21611960/> | |||
*+/-Joint stiffness. | |||
*+/-Swelling. | |||
*+/-Pain. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Bone. | |||
*+/-Skeletal muscle (within the marrow space). | |||
===Sign out=== | |||
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SOFT TISSUE LESION ("HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION"), RIGHT FEMUR, EXCISION: | |||
- HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION. | |||
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY. | |||
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====Micro==== | |||
The sections show bone laminar bone. | |||
=See also= | =See also= | ||