Scalp Nodules and Deformed Great Toes: Omens of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

Sarah Jean Karinja; John Butler Mulliken

doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000003152

Scalp Nodules and Deformed Great Toes: Omens of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

Ann Plast Surg. 2022 Sep 1;89(3):292-294. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003152. Epub 2022 Apr 3.

Authors

Sarah Jean Karinja¹, John Butler Mulliken

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

PMID: 35502964
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003152

Abstract

We report a case of fibrous scalp nodules and bilateral hallux valgus in an infant who one decade later was diagnosed with a rare life-threatening genetic disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Hallux*
Humans
Infant
Myositis Ossificans* / diagnostic imaging
Myositis Ossificans* / genetics
Rare Diseases
Scalp