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Definition: Myositis ossificans is a self-limiting benign lesion that can arise in any type of soft tissue most frequently in muscle as a solitary lesion. It consists of a process in which soft tissues are interested by mature lamellar bone formation in association with inflammation mostly caused by traumatic or neurological injury surgery burns or other diseases.
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Frisoni, T. (2020). Myositis Ossificans. In: Picci, P., et al. Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29676-6_26
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