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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
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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