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Ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas
Heterotopic ossification is a pathological ossification of soft tissues. It is a benign, recurring disease with an unpredictable onset. We here report the case of a patient treated for a fracture of the left tibial tray with installation of a screwed plate. Two months after surgery the patient had a...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075481/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27800107 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.254.9723 |
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author | Arabi, Hafid Sellahi, Hicham |
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description | Heterotopic ossification is a pathological ossification of soft tissues. It is a benign, recurring disease with an unpredictable onset. We here report the case of a patient treated for a fracture of the left tibial tray with installation of a screwed plate. Two months after surgery the patient had a stiff left knee. Standard radiological examination showed ossification of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) confirmed by tomodensitometry. We do not currently know which factors determine the presence of tendon and ligamentous ossification. Although clinicians often prescribe prophylactic drugs, such as anti-inflammatory drugs and radiotherapy sessions to prevent heterotopic ossification in soft tissues, the physiopathology of heterotopic ossification is little known. |
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spelling | pubmed-50754812016-10-31 Ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas Arabi, Hafid Sellahi, Hicham Pan Afr Med J Case Report Heterotopic ossification is a pathological ossification of soft tissues. It is a benign, recurring disease with an unpredictable onset. We here report the case of a patient treated for a fracture of the left tibial tray with installation of a screwed plate. Two months after surgery the patient had a stiff left knee. Standard radiological examination showed ossification of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) confirmed by tomodensitometry. We do not currently know which factors determine the presence of tendon and ligamentous ossification. Although clinicians often prescribe prophylactic drugs, such as anti-inflammatory drugs and radiotherapy sessions to prevent heterotopic ossification in soft tissues, the physiopathology of heterotopic ossification is little known. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5075481/ /pubmed/27800107 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.254.9723 Text en © Hafid Arabi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Arabi, Hafid Sellahi, Hicham Ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas |
title | Ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas |
title_full | Ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas |
title_fullStr | Ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas |
title_full_unstemmed | Ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas |
title_short | Ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas |
title_sort | ossification post-traumatique du ligament collatéral médial du genou: à propos d’un cas |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075481/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27800107 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.254.9723 |
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