- Discussion:
- benign condition usually occuring in adults, but sometimes in children;
- may present as a rapidly growing mass, in the shoulder, thigh, and chest;
- Histology:
- should not show mitotic figures;
- Diff Dx:
-
rhabdomyosarcoma
-
myositis ossificans
- Treatment:
- local excision;
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Proliferative Myositis in a Child.
L. Pollock, S. Fullilove, D.G. Shaw, M. Malone, R.A. Hill.
JBJS Vol. 77-A, No. 1. Jan 1995.
