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AN INTERESTING CASE OF MASSIVE OSTEOLYSIS OF TIBIA

RAJAASHIQALI IBRAHIM

Abstract


We had a three years old female child in
our OP brought with the complaints of
low gradefever and pain in the right leg
for the past two weeks.The patient was
otherwisecomforable.Investigations revealed
severe destruction of the bony
architecture of the tibia and thedestruction
continued to progress at a rapid rate
even after antibiotic therapy was
started.Here wediscuss our surgical and
histopathological evidences we had with
the patient and the variouspossibilities
including the rarest of diagnosis which
may even be a possibility.


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