Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP)
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) By A. Zheng duo Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a.k.a FOP or Stoneman Syndrome, is a rare genetic condition affecting one out of two million people where you body's soft tissues, such as your muscles, ligaments, tendons and tissues ossifies, or turns into bone (heterotopic ossification). A genetic mutation of the body's repair mechanism causes this disease-which of course is a bad thing because now, even minor injuries, such as a scrape to the knee, can cause more bone growth. Why? Well, it's because the body "repairs" the injured area with more bone. What's stranger is that the disease can start to progress because of nothing. Also, the additional bone limits mobility in the neck, joints, and more. It is an autosomal dominant condition, which means that a child has a 50% chance of inheriting this genetic disease if one of his/her parents is affected and the other unaffected. Onset of the disease