Calcific myonecrosis: case report and radiopathological correlation

Australas Radiol. 2007 Oct:51 Spec No.:B77-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01771.x.

Abstract

We present a patient with an enlarging calf mass 36 years after a tibia and fibula fracture. He developed a peroneal nerve palsy after the accident, which was probably due to a subclinical compartment syndrome. Imaging of the leg was consistent with calcific myonecrosis. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically. The radiopathological findings of calcific myonecrosis are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Muscular Diseases / pathology*
  • Necrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Necrosis / pathology
  • Radiography
  • Rare Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Rare Diseases / pathology