Open AccessFibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva in a 23-Year-Old Male
Author(s) -
Ahmed Al-Mustaque,
Ahmed Al Montasir,
Mashah Binte Amin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of enam medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-9316
pISSN - 2227-6688
DOI - 10.3329/jemc.v4i2.19682
Subject(s) - fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva , medicine , ossification , heterotopic ossification , myositis ossificans , connective tissue , anatomy , surgery , pathology
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is an inherited disease in which progressive ossification of striated muscles, tendons, ligaments and other connective tissues forming bridges of extra bones across the joints leads to severe disability and there are associated characteristic congenital skeletal malformations. FOP is also known as Stoneman's syndrome. The case we report here is a 23-year-old male with the clinical and radiologic characteristics of FOP