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Bone fracture and bone lesion
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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It needs to be investigated. Biopsy should be done from the site of lesion.
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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
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Dr. Ravikumar Chandulal Makadia
Orthopedic surgeon
4 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Mri can help
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