ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE GREAT TOE Clinical History: Diabetes and chronic peripheral vascular disease. Recent swelling over the great toe with a chronic ulcer. Organ: Foot Radiologic Finding: Erosive bony destruction of the tuft of the great toe distal phalanx with surrounding soft tissue swelling. Dx: Acute osteomyelitis of the great toe. Modality: Radiograph Xray Akira Murakami MD
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ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE GREAT TOE Organ: Foot Clinical History: Diabetes and chronic peripheral vascular disease. Recent swelling over the great toe with a chronic ulcer. Radiologic Finding: Erosive bony destruction of the tuft of the great toe distal phalanx with surrounding soft tissue swelling. Dx: Acute osteomyelitis of the great toe. Modality: Radiograph Xray Akira Murakami MD