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Extensive osteomyelitis of the forefoot Osteomyelitis in both feet as seen on bone scan The diagnosis of osteomyelitis is complex and relies on a combination of clinical suspicion and indirect laboratory markers such as a high white blood cell count and fever, although confirmation of clinical and laboratory suspicion with imaging is usually ...
Risk factors include bone fractures, joint dislocations, alcoholism, and the use of high-dose steroids. [1] The condition may also occur without any clear reason. [1] The most commonly affected bone is the femur (thigh bone). [1] Other relatively common sites include the upper arm bone, knee, shoulder, and ankle. [1]
Brodie's abscess is characterized by pain and swelling without fever, often resulting from diabetic wounds, fracture-related bone infection, or haematogenous osteomyelitis. The condition is often diagnosed through imaging, which reveals distinctive "target signs" such as central necrosis , surrounding granulation tissue, fibrosis , and an ...
Osteomyelitis of the jaws is osteomyelitis (which is infection and inflammation of the bone marrow, sometimes abbreviated to OM) which occurs in the bones of the jaws (i.e. maxilla or the mandible). Historically, osteomyelitis of the jaws was a common complication of odontogenic infection (infections of the teeth). Before the antibiotic era, it ...
A sequestrum (plural: sequestra) is a piece of dead bone [1] that has become separated during the process of necrosis from normal or sound bone. It is a complication (sequela) of osteomyelitis. The pathological process is as follows: infection in the bone leads to an increase in intramedullary pressure due to inflammatory exudates
Vertebral osteomyelitis is a type of osteomyelitis (infection and inflammation of the bone and bone marrow) that affects the vertebrae. It is a rare bone infection concentrated in the vertebral column. [2] Cases of vertebral osteomyelitis are so rare that they constitute only 2%-4% of all bone infections. [3]
A bone disease is also called an "osteopathy", but because the term osteopathy is often used to refer to an alternative health-care philosophy, use of the term can cause some confusion. [ 2 ] Bone and cartilage disorders
733.1 Pathologic fracture; 733.2 Cyst of bone; 733.3 Hyperostosis of skull; 733.4 Aseptic necrosis of bone; 733.5 Osteitis condensans; 733.6 Tietze's disease. Costochondritis; 733.7 Algoneurodystrophy; 733.8 Malunion and nonunion of fracture; 733.9 Other and unspecified disorders of bone and cartilage. 733.90 Disorder of bone and cartilage ...