Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Masquerading as Neoplasm in a Rare Site

Background: Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a chronic inflammation characterized by the presence of foamy macrophages. It mimics malignancy on radiological investigations. Histopathology plays a major role in its diagnosis and a game changer in treatment part. Case Report: A case of 22 year old...

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Autores principales:	Manjula, Jayanthi C, Rajkumar Pandian, Naveen Kumar, Erli Amel Ivan, Pragash
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Publicado:	Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2021
Materias:	xanthogranulomatous inflammation osteomyelitis malignancy Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cfbf4c284abf4f70a77cec44391863052021-11-12T11:00:04ZXanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Masquerading as Neoplasm in a Rare Site0972-5997https://doaj.org/article/cfbf4c284abf4f70a77cec44391863052021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ojhas.org/issue79/2021-3-18.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/0972-5997Background: Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a chronic inflammation characterized by the presence of foamy macrophages. It mimics malignancy on radiological investigations. Histopathology plays a major role in its diagnosis and a game changer in treatment part. Case Report: A case of 22 year old female presented to orthopaedics outpatient department with pain over left fourth finger since 7 months with no history of trauma. Her blood investigations revealed elevated levels of ESR and CRP. MRI showed features of malignancy (Enchondroma). Patient was then proceeded with curettage and bone grafting. Histopathological examination confirmed it to be Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis. Conclusion: Our case has been presented for its rarity in incidence and site of presentation, also to insist the importance of histopathological examination in any suspicious bony swelling that mimic malignancy in radiological investigation which changes the course of treatment.ManjulaJayanthi CRajkumar PandianNaveen KumarErli Amel IvanPragashLight House Polyclinic Mangalore articlexanthogranulomatous inflammationosteomyelitismalignancyMedicineRENOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, Vol 20, Iss 3 (2021)
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spellingShingle	xanthogranulomatous inflammation osteomyelitis malignancy Medicine R Manjula Jayanthi C Rajkumar Pandian Naveen Kumar Erli Amel Ivan Pragash Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Masquerading as Neoplasm in a Rare Site
description	Background: Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a chronic inflammation characterized by the presence of foamy macrophages. It mimics malignancy on radiological investigations. Histopathology plays a major role in its diagnosis and a game changer in treatment part. Case Report: A case of 22 year old female presented to orthopaedics outpatient department with pain over left fourth finger since 7 months with no history of trauma. Her blood investigations revealed elevated levels of ESR and CRP. MRI showed features of malignancy (Enchondroma). Patient was then proceeded with curettage and bone grafting. Histopathological examination confirmed it to be Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis. Conclusion: Our case has been presented for its rarity in incidence and site of presentation, also to insist the importance of histopathological examination in any suspicious bony swelling that mimic malignancy in radiological investigation which changes the course of treatment.
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author	Manjula Jayanthi C Rajkumar Pandian Naveen Kumar Erli Amel Ivan Pragash
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title	Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Masquerading as Neoplasm in a Rare Site
title_short	Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Masquerading as Neoplasm in a Rare Site
title_full	Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Masquerading as Neoplasm in a Rare Site
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title_full_unstemmed	Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Masquerading as Neoplasm in a Rare Site
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publisher	Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
publishDate	2021
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Xanthogranulomatous Osteomyelitis Masquerading as Neoplasm in a Rare Site

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