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Myositis ossificans of the chest wall in an 8-year-old boy: a case report of a diagnostic pitfall

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Myositis ossificans of the chest wall is extremely unusual with fewer than a dozen reported cases. In addition, the occurrence in children younger than 10 years is extremely rare. We report a case of an 8-year-old male who presented with painful and progressively enlarging left-sided chest wall mass. The tumor showed close histo-morphological mimicry with osteosarcoma. Moreover, the characteristic radiographic findings of myositis ossificans were absent. The age of the patient and the absence of attachment to the rib helped exclude extra-skeletal and parosteal osteosarcomas, respectively. The patient was doing well 4 months after surgery.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan

    Ali Al Khader, Hadeel Yousef Tawalbeh, Batool Mohammad Mansour, Sirin Mohammad Mansour, Amal Nazmi Haj Ahmad, Tala Tariq Owais & Hadeel Odeh

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    Ali Al Khader & Emad Habaibeh

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Al Khader, A., Habaibeh, E., Tawalbeh, H.Y. et al. Myositis ossificans of the chest wall in an 8-year-old boy: a case report of a diagnostic pitfall. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 39, 186–189 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-022-01463-7

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