Pediatric osteomyelitis masquerading as skeletal neoplasia.

Orthop Clin North Am

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana StateUniversity Medical Center, New Orleans 70118, USA.

Published: July 1996

Osteomyelitis has many forms of presentation in the pediatric age group. From neonatal osteomyelitis, with a paucity of clinical symptoms and signs, to the more typical acute hematogenous form or even the subacute or chronic presentations, a high index of suspicion is needed to institute appropriate investigations and treatment.

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