Ultrasonographic diagnosis of heterotopic ossification and secondary nerve entrapments in a patient with spinal cord injury: To the Editor

The aberrant bony growth is generally diagnosed by radiography, ultrasonography, three-phase bone scanning, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [2]. [...]as in our case, any soft tissue injury due to HO (e.g. nerve or vascular compression) can readily/substantially be visualized with US. The nerve injuries due to HO are quite rare [6-8]; in this report, we aimed to imply that US can be a trustworthy initial imaging tool for prompt/early diagnosis of HO and the accompanying nerve entrapments, especially in patients in whom other imaging modality cannot be easily/effectively performed due to various medical conditions (spinal cord injury, external fixator, etc.) Received 04.06.2017 Accepted 12.06.2017 Med Ultrason 2017, Vol. 19, No 3, 339-340, DOI: 10.11152/mu-1121 Corresponding author: Şule Şahin Onat Ankara Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Training and Research Center 3 Türkocağı street, Sıhhiye 06230, Ankara, Turkey Phone: +9005053136848, Fax:+903123103230 E-mail: sahinsulester@gmail.com References 1.