This bizarre shift of tissue systems, known as heterotopic ossification in most cases, can be brought on with spinal cord injury, amputation and even hip surgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

The development of pancreatic tissue outside the confines of the main gland, without anatomic or vascular connections between them, is a congenital abnormality referred to as heterotopic pancreas.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

It's called heterotopic ossification.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News] Reference

Successful heterotopic segmental liver transplantation from a live donor to a patient with Alagille syndrome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alagille Syndrome Related Reading] Reference

I've found a few paper that speak of sports fields and play areas as heterotopic, but none that tie those notions to Huizinga's concept of the play element.    From Wordnik.com.  [CFP: Breaking the Magic Circle] Reference

Heterochronic processes are such as arise through the dislocation of the proper phylogenetic order of succession: heterotopic processes in the same way are caused by a wandering of cells from one germ-layer to another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference

According to Haeckel, the origin of the generative products in the mesoderm is a heterotopic phenomenon, for he considers that they must have originated phylogenetically in one of the two primary layers, ectoderm or endoderm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference

Prevent infection and heterotopic bone formation; and.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

• Prevent infection and heterotopic bone formation; and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

Adenocarcinoma arising within the heterotopic pancreas appears to be rare.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Linear nevus sebaceous syndrome: megalencephaly and heterotopic gray matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The management of heterotopic pancreas depends on the presence or absence of symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Von Willebrand heterotopic osteochondrofibrosis Doberman Pinschers - cases (1980-1987).    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

These are stages of metamorphosis of muscle tissue into bone tissue in mouse model of heterotopic ossification (misplaced bone growth).    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Spinal cord injury is a well-known predisposing factor for development of heterotopic ossification around the joints especially hip and elbow.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Acceptable outcome following resection of bilateral large popliteal space heterotopic ossification masses in a spinal cord injured patient: a case report.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Histopathological examination of the surgically resected specimen showed malignant transformation of heterotopic pancreas (Heinrich type III) in the duodenum.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Verrier ED, Crombleholme TM, Sauer L, Longaker M, Langer JC, Flake AW, Dae M, Brem H, Harrison MR: Neonatal model of heterotopic heart transplantation in pigs.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHOP congenital heart disease publications] Reference

The principle reason for the impairment was fixed full extension of both knees as the result of bilateral large heterotopic ossification masses in popliteal fossae.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

The researchers considered variables such as: age and gender of the patient location and mechanism of injury location of the heterotopic ossification presence and severity of brain injury.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

We report a rare case of malignant transformation of heterotopic pancreas (Heinrich type III) in the duodenum with long-term survival of the patient, and review the 12 cases in the literature.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

"We believe that this sort of response contributes significantly to the development of heterotopic ossification, and is the reason why the condition is more prevalent in the war-wounded population.".    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

"Once we develop a better understanding of the events that cause heterotopic ossification, one of our primary recommendations will be treatments to prevent the condition from occurring," noted Dr. Forsberg.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

It also incidentally demonstrated heterotopic pancreatic ducts, detected within the mucosa to the muscularis propria of the same region of the stomach, in which an endoepithelial (in situ) carcinoma was evolving.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Neuronal changes during normal and abnormal cortical folding Primary cortical folding in the human newborn: an early marker of later functional development Linear nevus sebaceous syndrome: megalencephaly and heterotopic gray matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

It should also be noted that radiation therapy is also increasingly used for non-cancerous conditions, including severe thyroid eye disease, pterygium, pigmented villonodular synovitis, treatment of keloid scar growth, and prevention of heterotopic ossification.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

"We always knew that heterotopic, or misplaced, bone growth was supplied by a rich vasculature, but we never suspected that cells from the blood vessels, when triggered by cells from the immune system, could undergo a metamorphosis that becomes a second skeleton," says senior author Frederick S. Kaplan, M.D.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

Journal, Delaere and colleagues report the successful transplantation of a tracheal cartilaginous allograft in which the mucosa was first replaced and revascularization established in a heterotopic location in the recipient; the graft was then implanted orthotopically and accepted without immunosuppressive therapy. 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [New England Journal of Medicine] Reference

(heterotopic procedure); both are controversial solutions to one of the most enduring human ailments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pravda.Ru] Reference

"The purposes of this study were to report our experiences with high-energy wartime extremity wounds, to define the prevalence of heterotopic ossification in these patients, and to determine the factors that might lead to development of the condition," said lead author Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Agner Forsberg, MD. Dr. Forsberg and his team compared data from 243 patients who were treated for orthopaedic injuries between March 1, 2003 and December 31, 2006 at the medical center, including patients who underwent: amputation external or internal fixation of one or more fractures removal of damaged, dead or infected tissue, or 'debridement'.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

Identification of progenitor cells directly involved in heterotopic bone formation is a critical first step toward this goal. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference