Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report

A 64‐year‐old female presented with malaise and fever 11 days after a closed, minimally displaced humerus surgical neck fracture. MR imaging revealed an abscess around the fracture, which is a very rare occurrence in adults. Two open debridements and IV antibiotics eradicated the infection. Reverse...

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Autores principales: Skedros, John G., Smith, Tyler R., Cronin, John T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10332134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37434954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7640
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description A 64‐year‐old female presented with malaise and fever 11 days after a closed, minimally displaced humerus surgical neck fracture. MR imaging revealed an abscess around the fracture, which is a very rare occurrence in adults. Two open debridements and IV antibiotics eradicated the infection. Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty was eventually performed for fracture nonunion.
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spelling pubmed-103321342023-07-11 Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report Skedros, John G. Smith, Tyler R. Cronin, John T. Clin Case Rep Case Report A 64‐year‐old female presented with malaise and fever 11 days after a closed, minimally displaced humerus surgical neck fracture. MR imaging revealed an abscess around the fracture, which is a very rare occurrence in adults. Two open debridements and IV antibiotics eradicated the infection. Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty was eventually performed for fracture nonunion. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10332134/ /pubmed/37434954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7640 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report
title Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report
title_full Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report
title_fullStr Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report
title_short Osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: A case report
title_sort osteomyelitis with abscess associated with acute closed upper humerus fracture in an adult: a case report
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