Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute Osteomyelitis
An immunocompetent 33-year-old woman presented with a pathologic femur fracture after one month of progressively worsening right thigh pain. Open biopsy demonstrated acute suppurative osteomyelitis despite the lack of clinical risk factors. The polymicrobial infection was successfully treated with t...
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Main Authors: | Evan R. J. Goyette, Natalia Georgantzoglou, Darcy A. Kerr, Yvonne Cheung, Eric R. Henderson, Konstantinos Linos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Pathology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/6279174 |
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