Progressive massive osteolysis secondary to benign squamous epithelial colonisation in chronic osteomyelitis

Massive osteolysis.

Squamous-cell carcinoma complicating chronic osteomyelitis.

Treatment of carcinomatous degeneration in patients with chronic osteomyelitis requires differentiation between benign, penetrating epithelioma and invading, low-grade squamous-cell carcinoma. Although most lesions are low grade, analysis of the case histories of twenty-three patients treated at the Mayo Clinic indicates that these tumors do metastasize. When malignant-appearing epithelium inva...

Massive osteolysis: disappearing bones.

Chronic Retropharyngeal Abscess Secondary to Vertebral Osteomyelitis Masquerading Recurrent Meningitis

Retropharyngeal abscess is less frequently seen now as compared to few years ago , yet we have come across this case of a retropharyngeal abscess.All the clinical features suggested a child with meningitis but later on after investigating throughly he was found out to be having a retropharyngeal abcess. Hence, this attempt to report and record a case of retropharyngeal abscess secondary to vert...

Chronic osteomyelitis secondary to human bite: a case report.

ABSTRACT We report a case of a human bite that was initially inadequately treated and progressed to chronic osteomyelitis, finally resulting in digital amputation. Human bites are seemingly innocuous, but if neglected, may lead to subsequent infection and morbidity. Persistence of symptoms should alert the practitioner to the possibility of infection extending to the soft tissue or bone. Bacter...