Blacksin M F, Finzel K C, Benevenia J
Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University Hospital, Rm. C320, 150 Bergen St., Newark, NJ 07103-2426, USA.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001 Feb;176(2):387-91. doi: 10.2214/ajr.176.2.1760387.
We describe four cases of osteomyelitis that occurred in and around foci of preexisting osteonecrosis in the medullary cavity. Although sequestration is a well-known complication of osteomyelitis, there is little information known about infection occurring in proximity to large regions of already necrotic bone.
Osteomyelitis and bone infarction can be seen in the same patient population. Medullary infarcts may function as sequestra, predisposing patients to osteomyelitis and soft-tissue infection.
