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Post-traumatic Myositis Ossificans Circumscripta

An Unusually Large Example

William Todd, DPM ^*, Philip J. Gianfortune, DPM ^* and Todd Laughner, DPM 

^* Department of Medicine, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL.
Private practice, Midland, MI.

Corresponding author: Philip J. Gianfortune, DPM, Department of Medicine, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL 60064.

Abstract

A 66-year-old woman presented with painful gait and a large, firm, nonmobile mass in her right foot. She had undergone four previous surgeries to remove a recurring "calcified hematoma" that resulted from an injury sustained 3 decades previously. An unusually large ossific mass (7.0 x 7.0 x 2.0 cm) consistent with post-traumatic myositis ossificans circumscripta was excised. After 3 years of follow-up, there was no return of the symptoms or the mass. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 97(3): 229–233, 2007)