From the case: Osteomyelitis - femur

From the case: Osteomyelitis - femur

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contributed by Dalia Ibrahim on September 03, 2014

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- “ The case clearly illustrates the pathology and complications of chronic osteomyelitis with formation of sequestrum, involucrum and cloaca as well ...”

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Bony sequestrum - “ A bony sequestrum (pl. sequestra) is a piece of devascularised bone that becomes separated from the remainder of the bone in chronic osteomyelitis...”
Involucrum - “ An involucrum (plural: involucra) is a complication of osteomyelitis and represents a thick sheath of periosteal new bone surrounding a sequestrum...”

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