3 Cases Report of Myositis Ossificans Progressiva
10.4055/jkoa.1972.7.2.228
- Author:
Joon Young KIM
;
Choo Bong CHUN
;
Woo Suck WHANG
;
Chul Yong CHUNG
;
Young Joe KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Humans;
Korean War;
Male;
Myositis Ossificans;
Myositis;
Nuclear Family;
Rare Diseases
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1972;7(2):228-234
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
