Goto H, Hatori M, Kokubun S, Makino M
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Tohoku J Exp Med. 1998 Jan;184(1):67-72. doi: 10.1620/tjem.184.67.
A case of a myositis ossificans occurring in the distal portion of the finger is reported. An 18-year-old female noticed a small nodule in the tip of the left thumb for 11 months. Plain radiographs showed calcified shadow and there was a radiolucent zone between the mass and the distal phalanx. The excised mass was diagnosed as myositis ossificans. To our best knowledge, there has been no report of a myositis ossificans in the tip of the finger in literature.
