Feb 18, 2011 - topic ossification in an early neurological rehabilitation population ..... the early changes in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. Br J. Radiol.
Skeletal Radiol (2012) 41:61–66 DOI 10.1007/s00256-011-1115-5
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
Neurogenic heterotopic ossification: epidemiology and morphology on conventional radiographs in an early neurological rehabilitation population R. Seipel & S. Langner & T. Platz & M. Lippa & J. P. Kuehn & N. Hosten
Received: 24 September 2010 / Revised: 11 January 2011 / Accepted: 24 January 2011 / Published online: 18 February 2011 # ISS 2011
Abstract Objective To retrospectively evaluate neurogenic heterotopic ossification in an early neurological rehabilitation population (phases B and C) with respect to epidemiology and morphology on conventional radiographs. Materials and methods Over a 4-year period, 1,463 patients treated at a clinic for early neurological rehabilitation were evaluated for clinical symptoms of neurogenic heterotopic ossification. In case of clinical suspicion, plain radiographs of the expected sites were obtained. If heterotopic ossification was detected, the initial and subsequent radiographs were retrospectively analyzed for sites, size, and morphology. Immature lesions were categorized as small (
