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CT and MR scans performed early after clinical manifestation showed only progressive, severe edema of the soft tissue of the shoulder while the later acquired radiograph and radiographic follow-up demonstrated the heterotopic ossification in the deltoid. Rapid soft tissue swelling and edema, in correlation with a potential local traumatic event, even if atypical, should raise suspicion of myositis ossificans circumscripta. 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