Items tagged “bone infection”
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Bone erosion
Bone erosions, or simply, erosions, refer to focal bony defects in the subchondral bone plate or cortical bone and the adjacent trabecular bone. Unlike bone cysts, the cortical or subchondral bone is also affected. They are a feature seen in inflammatory arthritides and erosive osteoarthritis an...
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Subperiosteal abscess
Subperiosteal abscesses refer to the subperiosteal spread of infection characterized by purulent encapsulated fluid collections within the subperiosteal space.
Epidemiology
Subperiosteal abscesses are more often seen in children than in adults 1,2.
Associations
Subperiosteal abscesses have b...