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ba0003pp400 | Other diseases of bone and mineral metabolism | ECTS2014

Pseudoseptical myositis as the prodrome of myositis ossificans

Shin Myung Jun , Jeon Yun Kyung , Park Yeo Jin , Kim Seong-Jang , Shin Yong Beom

A 20-year-old male presented following a fall down. He was diagnosed with a C5–C7 burst fracture and underwent a cervical fixation surgery. He was transferred to inpatient rehabilitation with C6 ASIA A tetraplegia.70 days after the operation, he began to have intermittent mild fever with a temperature of 37.4 oC. On postoperative day 72, left thigh was noted to be edematous. The circumferential difference between the lower extremities mea...