Case report 791. Bone abscess, chronic osteomyelitis.
A 13-year-old girl presented with a 2-year history of chronic pain affecting the leg due to a large lytic distal tibial metaphyseal lesion which upon biopsy proved to be a bone abscess. The case emphasizes the importance of the correlation of clinical radiographic imaging and pathological studies to arrive at the diagnosis and proper treatment.
Bonfiglio
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Department of Orthopaedics, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology