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A natural history of untreated chronic osteomyelitis of the tibia over 20 years, with evolving squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of chronic osteomyelitis. Whilst there have been over 100 cases of chronic osteomyelitis with malignant transformation reported in the literature between 1999 and 2020, this is the first case report to document tra...

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Autores principales: Wijendra, Asanka, Ramsden, Alex, McNally, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Copernicus GmbH 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10539787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37780529
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/jbji-8-183-2023
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Sumario:Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of chronic osteomyelitis. Whilst there have been over 100 cases of chronic osteomyelitis with malignant transformation reported in the literature between 1999 and 2020, this is the first case report to document transformation with 20 years of concordant imaging and clinical review.