1926
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-192602000-00008
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Osteomyelitis of the Sternum

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“…Local trauma has been cited as a probably source of PSO since the earliest reports. 5 Our case supports this possibility.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 75%
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“…Local trauma has been cited as a probably source of PSO since the earliest reports. 5 Our case supports this possibility.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 75%
“…There are approximately 100 reports of PSO in the American literature. In 1926, Wilensky and Samuels 5 reviewed all 23 cases of sternal osteomyelitis that had been reported at the time. They suggested that the actual disease location on the sternum was likely the result of some sort of local trauma, and attributed to damage of the sternal vascular supply.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Primary osetomyelitis of the sternum of any etiology is rarely encountered in childhood. We were only able to identify six cases in English literature since 1910 4−7 . The causative organism was Staphlococcus aureus in two cases, 4,7 gram‐negative coccobacillus in one case 6 and not identified in the other three 5 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…We were only able to identify six cases in English literature since 1910 4−7 . The causative organism was Staphlococcus aureus in two cases, 4,7 gram‐negative coccobacillus in one case 6 and not identified in the other three 5 . The characteristic presentation was a raised erythematous mass over the sternum, which is tender, a pyrexia and raised leukocyte count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate 7 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%