Primary subacute epiphyseal osteomyelitis

摘要: In eight children with primary subacute osteomyelitis of a femoral or tibial epiphysis, the only complaints were pain and limp. Plain roentgenograms tomograms showed well defined lytic lesion in epiphysis no evidence any connection to metaphysis. Although bone was involved every instance, extended articular cartilage most patients, itself not damaged. When lesions curetted, six sterile on routine anaerobic cultures culture for tuberculous fungal organisms, Staphylococcus grown from other two. case curetted tissue had characteristic histological appearence osteomyelitis. All patients treated oxacillin recovered completely. Postoperative complete healing damage physis joint after follow-up two years.