Histology of osteomyelitis
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look into the bone: if you see empty lacunae, that means the bones have died, and this is what you have in the present slide
jagged trabeculae are seen
also, there are inflammatory cells, usually neutrophils
Bone infection
not all are pyogenic
some are granulomatous, and a good example is tuberculosis. fortunately, we don’t really have TB granulomatous bone lesions here
some fungi form granulomatous infections: Histoplasma, Coccidioides, Blastomyces, Cryptococcocus
Osteomyelitis involving the vertebra causing a pathologic fracture
infection crosses the disc and goes to adjacent one; this is termed discitis
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