ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS WITH PERIOSTITIS AND EARLY BONE ABSCESS Clinical History: Leg pain with fevers and chills. Organ: Femur Radiologic Finding: Periosteal reaction along the femoral diaphysis, surrounding a small lytic lesion within the marrow. Adjacent soft tissue swelling. Dx: Acute osteomyelitis with periostitis and early bone abscess Modality: Radiography Clinical History: Leg pain with fevers and chills. Akira Murakami MD
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ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS WITH PERIOSTITIS AND EARLY BONE ABSCESS Clinical History: Leg pain with fevers and chills. Organ: Femur Radiologic Finding: Periosteal reaction along the femoral diaphysis, surrounding a small lytic lesion within the marrow. Adjacent soft tissue swelling. Dx: Acute osteomyelitis with periostitis and early bone abscess Modality: Radiography Clinical History: Leg pain with fevers and chills. Akira Murakami MD
Location 3
ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS WITH PERIOSTITIS AND EARLY BONE ABSCESS Clinical History: Leg pain with fevers and chills. Organ: Femur Radiologic Finding: Periosteal reaction along the femoral diaphysis, surrounding a small lytic lesion within the marrow. Adjacent soft tissue swelling. Dx: Acute osteomyelitis with periostitis and early bone abscess Modality: Radiography Clinical History: Leg pain with fevers and chills. Akira Murakami MD
Location 3
SOFT TISSUE INFECTION WITH AN ADJACENT SUBPERIOSTEAL ABSCESS / INVOLUCRUM OF THE FEMUR. Clinical History: Chronic leg / femur pain with fevers and chills Organ: Femur Radiologic Finding: Hypoattenuating material lifting up the periosteum. Surrounding soft tissue attenuation and evolving fluid loculation. Dx: Soft tissue infection with an adjacent subperiosteal abscess / involucrum of the femur. Modality: CT Akira Murakami MD