Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Swelling in Right Tibia

Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis is a very rare form of chronic osteomyelitis which presents like a bone tumor. Three cases of xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis have been described previously in the literature. We present a case of xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis occurring in the distal part of t...

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Autores principales: Kamat, Girish, Gramapurohit, Vandana, Myageri, Aneel, Shettar, Chidendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/257458
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author Kamat, Girish
Gramapurohit, Vandana
Myageri, Aneel
Shettar, Chidendra
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description Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis is a very rare form of chronic osteomyelitis which presents like a bone tumor. Three cases of xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis have been described previously in the literature. We present a case of xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis occurring in the distal part of tibia. This case presented as swelling in a 13-year-old boy. Simple curettage proved to be curative in the present case.
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spelling pubmed-34206502012-08-30 Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Swelling in Right Tibia Kamat, Girish Gramapurohit, Vandana Myageri, Aneel Shettar, Chidendra Case Rep Pathol Case Report Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis is a very rare form of chronic osteomyelitis which presents like a bone tumor. Three cases of xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis have been described previously in the literature. We present a case of xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis occurring in the distal part of tibia. This case presented as swelling in a 13-year-old boy. Simple curettage proved to be curative in the present case. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3420650/ /pubmed/22937381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/257458 Text en Copyright © 2011 Girish Kamat et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Swelling in Right Tibia
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title_full Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Swelling in Right Tibia
title_fullStr Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Swelling in Right Tibia
title_full_unstemmed Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Swelling in Right Tibia
title_short Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Swelling in Right Tibia
title_sort xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis presenting as swelling in right tibia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/257458
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