See Also: Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP)(health)
myositis ossificans progressiva(medicine)
Myositis Ossificans progressiva(health)
fibrodysplasia(medicine)
lipoma ossificans(medicine)
pelvospondylitis ossificans(medicine)
myositis ossificans(medicine)
ophthalmoplegia progressiva(medicine)
myositis ossificans circumscripta(medicine)
leukodystrophia cerebri progressiva(medicine)

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) (health)


A rare but dramatic genetic disorder that turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bone, threatening to transform the victim into "a statue of stone." FOP is characterized by physical handicap due to bone forming in the wrong places and malformed big toes which often contain only one bone. Other features of FOP can include short thumbs, fifth finger clinodactyly (pinkie curved toward the thumb), malformed cervical (neck) vertebrae, short broad neck of the femur (thighbone), deafness, scalp baldness, and mild mental retardation.