Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute Osteomyelitis
An immunocompetent 33-year-old woman presented with a pathologic femur fracture after one month of progressively worsening right thigh pain. Open biopsy demonstrated acute suppurative osteomyelitis despite the lack of clinical risk factors. The polymicrobial infection was successfully treated with t...
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| author | Evan R. J. Goyette Natalia Georgantzoglou Darcy A. Kerr Yvonne Cheung Eric R. Henderson Konstantinos Linos |
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| description | An immunocompetent 33-year-old woman presented with a pathologic femur fracture after one month of progressively worsening right thigh pain. Open biopsy demonstrated acute suppurative osteomyelitis despite the lack of clinical risk factors. The polymicrobial infection was successfully treated with three operative procedures and culture-specific antibiotic agents. Acute osteomyelitis, while an uncommon cause of pathologic fracture, must always be on the differential diagnosis, even when no obvious predisposing factors are present. When investigating for an infectious etiology in cases such as our own, considering immunodeficiency syndromes alongside the more typical causes of osteomyelitis is encouraged. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3d9d2814c8f34b2bbd9f0a95e24f2cc52025-02-03T01:32:19ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-679X2023-01-01202310.1155/2023/6279174Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute OsteomyelitisEvan R. J. Goyette0Natalia Georgantzoglou1Darcy A. Kerr2Yvonne Cheung3Eric R. Henderson4Konstantinos Linos5Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineDepartment of RadiologyGeisel School of Medicine at DartmouthDepartment of PathologyAn immunocompetent 33-year-old woman presented with a pathologic femur fracture after one month of progressively worsening right thigh pain. Open biopsy demonstrated acute suppurative osteomyelitis despite the lack of clinical risk factors. The polymicrobial infection was successfully treated with three operative procedures and culture-specific antibiotic agents. Acute osteomyelitis, while an uncommon cause of pathologic fracture, must always be on the differential diagnosis, even when no obvious predisposing factors are present. When investigating for an infectious etiology in cases such as our own, considering immunodeficiency syndromes alongside the more typical causes of osteomyelitis is encouraged.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/6279174 |
| spellingShingle | Evan R. J. Goyette Natalia Georgantzoglou Darcy A. Kerr Yvonne Cheung Eric R. Henderson Konstantinos Linos Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute Osteomyelitis Case Reports in Pathology |
| title | Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute Osteomyelitis |
| title_full | Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute Osteomyelitis |
| title_fullStr | Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute Osteomyelitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute Osteomyelitis |
| title_short | Pathologic Femur Fracture in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Adult due to Acute Osteomyelitis |
| title_sort | pathologic femur fracture in an immunocompetent healthy young adult due to acute osteomyelitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/6279174 |
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