APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is myositis ossificans? Myositis ossificans (my-uh-SY-tuss uh-SIH-fuh-kanz) is when a bone forms inside your muscle or other soft tissue. Usually, myositis ossificans develops after a traumatic injury. Most often, it affects large muscles, such as in your arms or legs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The typical radiographic appearance of myositis ossificans is circumferential calcification with a lucent center and a radiolucent cleft (string sign) that separates the lesion from the cortex of the adjacent bone.

Detailed explanation-3: -Myositis ossificans (MO) is a rare condition characterized by bonelike deposits in muscles, especially in areas exposed to trauma or in devitalized tissues within the muscle or other soft tissues1.