Society of Skeletal Radiology 2011 Annual Meeting.

Peer-reviewed abstracts presented at the 2011 Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR) Annual Meeting were reviewed again following oral presentation. Topics representing new concepts, new or novel imaging techniques, and instructive case series involving the musculoskeletal system, felt to be of potential interest to investigators and practicing clinicians, have been highlighted in this compilation and analysis. ePoster highlights have also been submitted.

CASE REPORTS: malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone arising in chronic osteomyelitis.

This case report shows the importance of frozen section and/or permanent section pathology for diagnosis of tumorous conditions in patients with chronic osteomyelitis. According to published reports, a coincidence of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone and post-fracture osteomyelitis has occurred in only four patients. Our report details the treatment of 51-year-old man with a fracture 15 years previously and subsequent chronic osteomyelitis of the left distal femur.