MEDS2144 Infection

Playlist contributed by Tom Molyneux
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In this playlist, you will undertake a review of different manifestations of osteomyelitis (bone infection) and septic arthritis (joint infection). The selected cases will include examples of pyogenic osteomyelitis (acute, subacute and chronic) and non-pyogenic infection (tuberculosis).

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The key features to appreciate that suggest the possibility of osteomyelitis are:

  1. An aggressive pattern of bone destruction (except Brodie's abscess) (moth-eaten or permeative)
  2. An aggressive pattern of periosteal reaction (often laminated)
  3. Fascial plane blurring or obliteration (compare with tumours that displace fascial planes)
  4. Soft tissue swelling

For septic arthritis, look for a local site of involvement (it could show local extension into neighbouring tissues) that involves the joint space and the epiphyses articulating with that joint. You are looking for a "bone-joint-bone" pattern of involvement that may look like an inflammatory arthritis affecting a single joint.

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