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Case Reports
. 2020 Mar 3;13(3):e233504.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233504.

Surgical excision of post-traumatic myositis ossificans of the adductor longus in a football player

Gijs Herman Joseph de Smet  1 , Steven E Buijk  2 , Adam Weir  3
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Case Reports

Surgical excision of post-traumatic myositis ossificans of the adductor longus in a football player

Gijs Herman Joseph de Smet et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

A football player was diagnosed with myositis ossificans of his right adductor longus muscle after an acute injury. Conservative treatment failed and 1 year after the initial trauma the patient underwent surgical excision of a large ossification. Seven months postoperatively, the patient was fully recovered and returned to his preinjury activity levels. We present our approach to this case and discuss our considerations, referring to background information about this rare disease.

Keywords: sports and exercise medicine; surgery; trauma.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Pelvic X-ray showing calcification in the adductor region.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Peroperative photo of resected ossified mass of the right adductor longus muscle.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Resected ossification along surgical instruments.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Follow-up adductor/abductor ratio.
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