Abstract

GUERRA MESA, José Luis  and  LAMADRID GARCIA, Janet. Heterotopic ossification in laparotomy scar. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2017, vol.56, n.1, pp.74-83. ISSN 0034-7493.

A case is reported of a 54-year-old male patient operated twice for gastric adenocarcinoma, who was found to have a bone mass of the midline abdominal scar that was removed. Histological analysis confirmed mature bone formation. This finding draws attention to bone formation in surgical scars. Differential diagnosis should be made with metastatic relapses of the surgical scar that appears after abdominal surgery for cancer. Pathogenesis was analyzed according to the specialized literature. The objective of this study was to present a rare entity and to review current etiopathogenic theories of this morbid condition.

Keywords : heterotopic ossification; scar of the abdominal midline.

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