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  • Title: [Pseudotumoral subacute osteomyelitis: a series of 41 children].
    Author: Chau E, Kohler R, Cottalorda J, Rosenberg D, Bouvier R.
    Journal: Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot; 2000 Feb; 86(1):74-9. PubMed ID: 10669827.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: To confirm that subacute osteomyelitis in children is a real entity, and give the main characteristics of this disease MATERIAL AND METHODS: We reviewed 41 cases as well as the litterature. RESULTS: Pain without fever was the only constant symptom. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was increased slightly. XRays were the most important investigation, showing a geode in the metaphysis or more rarely in the epiphysis evoking a benign bone tumor in a child. DISCUSSION: The treatment was most often surgical: scraping permits the isolation of the microbe in 50 per cent of cases (staphylococcus most often) and usualy leady to recovery. CONCLUSION: This form of osteomyelitis is relatively frequent and must be discussed in front of a cystic tumoral image of the child's long bone.
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