Question
The following X ray findings are suggestive of:
A. Acute Osteomyelitis
B. Subacute Osteomyelitis
C. Chronic Osteomyelitis
D. Tuberculous Osteomyelitis
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Ans:C. Chronic Osteomyelitis.
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First:Sequestrum:Large Devascularised fragment of bone seperated from healthy bone after undergoing ischemic necrosis.
Second:Involucrum:New bone deposited aroud a sequestrum,resulting from cortical damage stimulating the periosteum to lay down new bone,and surround the sequestrum.
Third:Brodie’s Abscess:Focal Abscess,most commonly found in metaphyses of long bone.