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sequestrum involucrum CHORUS
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Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00548.html
Description: sequelae of osteomyelitis
* sequestrum
o necrotic bone, often denser than surroundings
o may be resorbed, discharged thru a sinus tract, or persist as a focus of continued infection
* involucrum
o bone formed beneath elevated periosteum
o surrounds sequestrum
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD
Institution: CHORUS
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Infectious Bone Diseases: Osteomyelitis
- - OCOSH Classification: Investigations: Radiology - General: Radiology - Signs
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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Thu Dec 03 2009