A Rare Case of Clavicle Osteomyelitis in a Child and Literature Review

Acute clavicle osteomyelitis in children is rare representing <3% of osteomyelitis cases. We treated a 12-year-old boy who presented with acute pain in the right clavicle and high fever for 4 days. MRI showed abnormal signal in the right clavicle with periosteal reaction. Staphylococcus aureus is...

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Main Authors: Elisavet-Anna Chrysochoou, Charalampos Antachopoulos, Konstantinos Badekas, Emmanuel Roilides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8252318
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