Silent chronic osteomyelitis lasting for 30 years before outburst of symptoms

Ahmad, Sufian S.; Kohl, Sandro; Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios Stergios; Krüger, Andreas (2013). Silent chronic osteomyelitis lasting for 30 years before outburst of symptoms. BMJ case reports, 2013(apr22 1), bcr2013009428-bcr2013009428. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bcr-2013-009428

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A 56-year-old male patient presented with left knee and thigh pain after suffering a knee contusion. History revealed a complex fracture of the distal femur 30 years prior to presentation. Initial blood tests upon admission showed elevated C reactive protein values. Subsequent imaging and biopsies showed a correlate to osteomyelitis, upon which the diagnosis of a late onset osteomyelitis as an outburst of silent chronic osteomyelitis was made. The patient was successfully treated surgically by means of aggressive debridement and discharged after confirmation of negative biopsies.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery

UniBE Contributor:

Kohl, Sandro

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1757-790X

Publisher:

BMJ Publishing Group

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stephanie Schmutz

Date Deposited:

04 Apr 2014 11:33

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:29

Publisher DOI:

10.1136/bcr-2013-009428

PubMed ID:

23608873

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/42690

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