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osteomyelitis


  • site: junction of metaphysis + epiphysis
  • types:
    • pyogenic (Staph. aureus)
    • TB
    • syphilis
    • Salmonella (hemoglobinopathy, Gaucher dz)

  • 10 days --> periosteal reaction, loss of cortical margins
  • sequestrum / involucrum

  • chronic osteo: Brodie's abscess

  • complications:
    • amyloidosis
    • squamous cell metaplasia of sinus tract --> squamous cell Ca or fibrosarcoma


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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