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True heterotopic bone in the paralyzed patient

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In past years the clinical and radiologic presentation of true heterotopic bone in the paralyzed patient has been confused with osteomyelitis, neoplasm, trauma, and thrombophlebitis. We reviewed 376 paralyzed patients' roentgenographic files and found 78 patients with soft tissue ossification unassociated with infection, neoplasm, or underlying fractures, which we called true heterotopic bone. From this population the usual spectrum of radiologic findings is described, so that the radiologist may separate roentgenographically a group of patients from other types of ectopic ossification.

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  1. Caroline E. Blane M.D., C.M., F.R.C.P. (C)

    Present address: Division of Pediatric Radiology, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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  1. Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California, USA

    Caroline E. Blane M.D., C.M., F.R.C.P. (C)

  2. Spinal Cord Injury Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California, USA

    Inder Perkash M.D.

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Blane, C.E., Perkash, I. True heterotopic bone in the paralyzed patient. Skeletal Radiol 7, 21–25 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347167

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