PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - JF Nisolle
AU  - L Delaunois
AU  - JP Trigaux
TI  - Myositis ossificans of the chest wall
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.96.09010178
DP  - 1996 Jan 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 178--179
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/9/1/178.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/9/1/178.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1996 Jan 01; 9
AB  - We report the unusual case of a young man with progressive pain in the thoracic wall. The radionuclide bone scan revealed an increased uptake, and the bone roentgenogram, a calcified soft-tissue mass. Based on computed tomography findings, biopsy was avoided, and evolution was favourable for myositis ossificans. Although rare, myositis ossificans is one of the potential causes of thoracic pain, not to be mistaken for a malignant or infectious lesion.