Severe heterotopic ossification in the non-affected limbs of a hemiplegic patient with traumatic brain injury

Kesikburun S., Omac O. K. , Yasar E., Hazneci B., Alaca R.

BRAIN INJURY, vol.25, no.1, pp.127-129, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/02699052.2010.536198
  • Journal Name: BRAIN INJURY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.127-129
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background/objective: Heterotopic ossification characterized by new bone formation in the periarticular regions of large joints in patients with neurologic injury most commonly occurs on the neurologically involved side. This study presents a very rare localization of heterotopic ossification that developed in the non-paretic limbs of a hemiplegic patient with traumatic brain injury (TBI).