Bilateral treponema periostitis.
Symmetrical exuberant periostitis is a rare disease caused by variety of infectious and non-infectious causes. Treponematosis is one of the rare causes of this condition. We report a patient who presented with left arm swelling, secondary to onion peel periostitis of the humerus, which was caused by Treponema species.
Bhatti
Anisuddin
A
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. sarmadanis@yahoo.com
Bhatti
Maqsood Ahmed
MA
Mehboob
Ghulam
G
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010522:Periostitis / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D014211:Treponemal Infections / Q000150:complications