MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA: CASE REPORT

Frederico Barra de Moraes; Alano Ribeiro de Queiroz Filho; Leonardo Jorge da Silva; Válney Luiz da Rocha; Nayara Portilho Araújo; Ernesto Quaresma Mendonça; Érica Paiva de Almeida

doi:10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30119-1

MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA: CASE REPORT

Rev Bras Ortop. 2015 Dec 6;47(3):394-6. doi: 10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30119-1. eCollection 2012 May-Jun.

Authors

Frederico Barra de Moraes¹, Alano Ribeiro de Queiroz Filho², Leonardo Jorge da Silva², Válney Luiz da Rocha³, Nayara Portilho Araújo⁴, Ernesto Quaresma Mendonça⁴, Érica Paiva de Almeida⁴

Affiliations

¹ Substitute Assistant Professor of Orthopedics in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Goiás, Goiãnia, GO, Brazil.
² Resident Physician in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Goiás, Goiãnia, GO, Brazil.
³ Head of the Pediatric Orthopedics Group, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Goiás, Goiãnia, GO, Brazil.
⁴ Trainee from the Trauma Students' Association, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Goiás, Goiãnia, GO, Brazil.

Abstract

Myositis ossificans progressiva is a rare autosomal dominant disease with less than 1,000 case reports. Such patients present edema, caused by inflammatory processes that progressively calcify, and with loss of mobility in the region affected. The objective of this study was to describe a case of myositis ossificans progressiva, present its clinical manifestations and discuss the treatments available (oral ascorbic acid and intravenous bisphosphonate).

Keywords: Ascorbic Acid; Bisphosphonates; Myositis Ossificans; Ossification, Heterotopic.

Publication types

Case Reports