Talk:Heterotopic ossification

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Heterotropic ossification
I suffered an episode of transverse myelitis early in 2002. The spinal cord was stripped of its insulating myelin sheath by lymphocytes attacking an active shingles infection of the spinal cord. Almost immediately my right hip became swollen and painful. The poor physical therapist who tried to do range of motion exercises on my flaccid legs was often pushed back by the right leg. Later x-rays of the hip showed an abnormality which was interpreted as an abscess. The surgeon tried to drain it, using a long needle, with no results. My physiatrist stopped by my hospital room and knew immediately that it was no abscess, but the beginning of the growth of heterotopic bone. Errikker (talk) 17:22, 11 February 2017 (UTC)