Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1965;47:380-384.
© 1965 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Progressive Fibrosis of the Quadriceps Muscles
F. P. SAUNDERS M.D.1,
DICK HOEFNAGEL M.D.1, and
O. S. STAPLES M.D.1
1 From the Departments of Orthopedics and Pediatrics, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, and the Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover
Limitation of flexion of the knees in a young girl was found to be caused by progressive fibrosis of the quadriceps muscles. The child had had many intra-muscular injections into the thighs in early infancy.