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.
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
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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