FIBRODYSPLASIA OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA - DIAGNOSIS AND REHABILITATION CHALLENGE

NITHA J

Abstract


Fibrodysplasia ossificans            progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic condition, characterized by congenital malformation of the great toes and progressive heterotopic ossification of connective tissue. Most patients with FOP are misdiagnosed early in life before the                      appearance of heterotopic ossification and undergo                 diagnostic procedures that can aggravate the disease       process  causing lifelong disability. They may become wheel chair bound by the third decade of life.

 


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