Osteomyelitis of the femur mimicking bone tumors: A review of 10 cases

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Huang, Po Yen ^a   Wu, Po Kuei ^a   Chen, Cheng Fong ^a   Lee, Fang Tsai ^b   Wu, Hung Ta ^a   Liu, Chien Lin ^a   Chen, Tain Hsiung ^a   Chen, Wei Ming ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; Mimicking bone tumor; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC BONE CEMENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84886931910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-283     Document Type: Article

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