A case of myositis associated with secondary syphilis is described. Complete recovery occurred after antisyphilitic treatment.

Myositis ossificans traumatica (MOT) is a rare heterotopic ossification disease which rarely occurs in masticatory muscles and thus, only 28 cases have been reported in the English literature since 2001. We present an unusual long-term case of MOT in temporalis muscle. The treatment protocol involved a radical lesion resection and bilateral coronoidectomy. According to the literature review, th...

Myositis Ossificans [MO], a florid ossification, may occur in muscles and soft tissue. It is also called by many different names. The lesion contains actively proliferating fibroblasts osteoblasts early its development be confused with malignant tumor. commonly affects vigorous young men more so among athletes. Most often involved are the flexor of arm quadriceps femoris. By time presentation, ...

1Plastic Surgery Resident, McGill University, 2Department of Radiology, McGill University Health Centre; 3Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Correspondence: Dr Lucie Lessard, Division of Plastic Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall Pavilion L9-317, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4. Telephone 514-...