Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Swelling in Right Tibia

• Main Authors: Girish Kamat (Author), Vandana Gramapurohit (Author), Aneel Myageri (Author), Chidendra Shettar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis is a very rare form of chronic osteomyelitis which presents like a bone tumor. Three cases of xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis have been described previously in the literature. We present a case of xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis occurring in the distal part of t...