School ager with long-standing left limp and occasional fever

Musculoskeletal
Radiograph of chronic osteomyelitis of the femur
AP radiograph of the proximal left femur shows a lucent lesion containing multiple septations that is associated with extensive cortical thickening and periosteal reaction. Percutaneous bone biopsy was performed.

The diagnosis was chronic osteomyelitis of the left femur.

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