Bone fracture and bone lesion

2024-07-23 07:16:18
I am a31-year-old male patient experienced severe left leg pain six years ago. MRI scans revealed swelling, and the pain persisted for several years before resolving with treatment. Last month, I sustained a subtrochanteric comminuted femur fracture after slipping on concrete surface . During surgery, doctors noted reduced bone density and an X-ray showed a bone lesion in the same femoral shaft. vitamin D levels were also low (15-20) in the past two years. Given this information, could this be a case of osteomyelitis?
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The fracture looks less likely of osteomyelitis, need to evaluate further , did you had pain or swelling at the fracture site before recent injury ? , was there any discharge / sinus in the skin ?
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Needs clinical and pathological assessment to get to the diagnosis
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Answered2024-08-07 13:58:10

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It needs to be investigated.  Biopsy should be done from the site of lesion.

Answered2024-07-25 23:29:30

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Need full length xray of both views and MRI or CT can help . This xray looks normal only with fracture . Very rare or zero possibility of osteomyelitis

Answered2024-07-25 08:19:42

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Mri can help

Answered2024-07-23 07:21:15

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