[Residual limb pain from bone overgrowth after amputation].

Bone overgrowth is classified as either heterotopic or orthotopic ossification. Three cases are reported in which bone overgrowth caused complications in three adult amputees. The cases demonstrate that bone overgrowth is an important differential diagnosis to residual limb pain following amputation. Bone overgrowth after amputation is very seldom described in literature. Furthermore, heterotopic ossification has not previously been reported following complications to initial amputation but only in traumatic amputees.