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Bilateral ankylosis of the hips following heterotopic ossification of the ilio-psoas in a child

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A case of bilateral ankylosis of the hip in a 3-year-old child due to heterotopic ossification of the iliopsoas following a long period of coma is presented. A review of the literature has failed to reveal a similar case with such extensive heterotopic ossification. The patient was treated successfully by surgical excision of the heterotopic bone which was extra-articular and extra-capsular and involved only the iliopsoas muscles.

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Présentation d'un cas d'ankylose bilatérale de la hanche chez un enfant de 3 ans, par ossification hétérotopique du psoas-iliaque, consécutive à un coma prolongé. Une revue de la littérature n'a pas permis de trouver de cas similaires, comportant de telles ossifications. Cet enfant a été traité chirurgicalement avec succès par excision de l'os hétérotopique. Celui-ci était extra-articulaire, extra-capsulaire, ne siégeant qu'au niveau du muscle psoas-iliaque.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, P.O. Box 7805, 11472, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    F. A. Khan

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Khan, F.A. Bilateral ankylosis of the hips following heterotopic ossification of the ilio-psoas in a child. International Orthopaedics 16, 202–204 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180219

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