Bad to the bone. Not all bone tumors are cancer: Case of long bone osteomyelitis

Long bone osteomyelitis could mimic bony tumor in clinical presentation and imaging studies. We present a case of a 47-year man who presented with leg pain, weight loss and night sweats that initially was thought to be related to osteosarcoma, later suffered a pathologic fracture from Staphylococcus...

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Autores principales: Yau, Tat W., Franz, Bennet D., Osman, Hanadi A., Rivera, Jessica C., Azhar, Ashaur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10542419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01897
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description Long bone osteomyelitis could mimic bony tumor in clinical presentation and imaging studies. We present a case of a 47-year man who presented with leg pain, weight loss and night sweats that initially was thought to be related to osteosarcoma, later suffered a pathologic fracture from Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis. This case highlights the importance of source control of infection and careful clinical evaluation including radiographic and pathologic findings that can help physicians to differentiate between competing diagnoses.
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spelling pubmed-105424192023-10-03 Bad to the bone. Not all bone tumors are cancer: Case of long bone osteomyelitis Yau, Tat W. Franz, Bennet D. Osman, Hanadi A. Rivera, Jessica C. Azhar, Ashaur IDCases Case Report Long bone osteomyelitis could mimic bony tumor in clinical presentation and imaging studies. We present a case of a 47-year man who presented with leg pain, weight loss and night sweats that initially was thought to be related to osteosarcoma, later suffered a pathologic fracture from Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis. This case highlights the importance of source control of infection and careful clinical evaluation including radiographic and pathologic findings that can help physicians to differentiate between competing diagnoses. Elsevier 2023-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10542419/ /pubmed/37790215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01897 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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