J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1972 Jun;7(2):228-234. 10.4055/jkoa.1972.7.2.228.

3 Cases Report of Myositis Ossificans Progressiva

• Kim JY
• Chun CB
• Whang WS
• Chung CY
• Kim YJ

• KMID: 2463884
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1972.7.2.228

Abstract

Myositis Ossificans progressiva is a very rare disease and not more than five cases have been reported in this country. The symptoms usually appear before the age of six and no case has ever been reported in medical literature in which patient is older than the age of twenty. This author reports here that a 52 years old male was diagnoed as a myositis ossificans progressiva. The patient developed his symptoms when he was lynched by a club during the Korean conflict at the Korean conflict at the age of thirty. Another interesting fact is that is that his daughter has also developed similar symptoms which appeared following an accident when she was run over by an angry cow at the age of six.

MeSH Terms

Humans
Korean War
Male
Myositis Ossificans*
Myositis*
Nuclear Family
Rare Diseases