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Osteomyelitis, Chronic: Follow-up

Author: Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP, Chairman of Medical Imaging, Professor of Radiology, NGHA, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Coauthor(s): Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR, Lecturer, Sheffield University Medical School; Endovascular Fellow, Sheffield Vascular Institute
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Updated: Feb 10, 2009

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White and associates examined 25 patients with suspected osteomyelitis to determine the utility of combined histologic and microbiologic evaluation of percutaneous biopsy samples.42 Biopsy samples were obtained with usual trephine techniques under radiologic guidance. Core and aspiration biopsy samples were obtained for both histologic and microbiologic analyses.

Sixteen biopsy specimens demonstrated histologic evidence of osteomyelitis. Of these, 8 also had positive cultures. Seven of the 8 culture-negative, histologically positive cases were interpreted as chronic osteomyelitis. In no patient were cultures positive and histologic findings negative. Three of 19 patients with proved osteomyelitis had negative histologic and microbiologic findings.

The sensitivity of culture in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis in this study was 42%. The sensitivity of both culture and histologic findings was 84%. The authors concluded that, although the volume of a biopsy specimen was a major determinant of culture yield, a portion of a percutaneous biopsy sample should be histologically evaluated for possible osteomyelitis.

 


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Keywords

chronic osteomyelitis, bone infection, bone marrow infection, acute osteomyelitis, subacute osteomyelitis, Garrès sclerosing osteomyelitis, Brodie abscess, tuberculous osteomyelitis, congenital syphilis, acquired syphilis, periosteitis, metaphysitis, sabre tibia

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Author

Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP, Chairman of Medical Imaging, Professor of Radiology, NGHA, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP is a member of the following medical societies: American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Radiological Society of North America, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United States, Royal College of Radiologists, and Royal College of Surgeons of England
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR, Lecturer, Sheffield University Medical School; Endovascular Fellow, Sheffield Vascular Institute
Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR is a member of the following medical societies: British Medical Association, Royal College of Physicians, and Royal College of Radiologists
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Medical Editor

Amilcare Gentili, MD, Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of California at San Diego; Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, Thornton Hospital
Amilcare Gentili, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society of North America, and Society of Skeletal Radiology
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Pharmacy Editor

Bernard D Coombs, MB, ChB, PhD, Consulting Staff, Department of Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Hutt Valley District Health Board, New Zealand
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Javier Beltran, MD, Chair, Department of Radiology, Maimonides Medical Center
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CME Editor

Robert M Krasny, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
Robert M Krasny, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society and Radiological Society of North America
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Chief Editor

Felix S Chew, MD, MBA, EdM, Professor, Department of Radiology, Vice Chairman for Radiology Informatics, Section Head of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Washington
Felix S Chew, MD, MBA, EdM is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of University Radiologists, and Radiological Society of North America
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