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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Published in:	Case Reports in Pathology
Main Authors:	Evan R. J. Goyette, Natalia Georgantzoglou, Darcy A. Kerr, Yvonne Cheung, Eric R. Henderson, Konstantinos Linos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/6279174