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| Heterotopic ossification around the hip joint in a patient who has undergone hip arthroplasty |
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the process by which bone tissue forms outside of the skeleton in muscles and soft tissue.[1]
- ^ Brance ML, Cóccaro NM, Casalongue AN, Durán A, Brun LR. Extensive progressive heterotopic ossification post-Covid-19 in a man. Bone. 2022 Feb;155:116287. DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2021.116287. PMID 34896358.