Osteitis of the cuboid on unknown foreign body
Hassane Zejjari
Corresponding author: Hassane Zejjari, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Military Hospital Moulay Ismail, Meknčs, Morroco
Received: 01 May 2016 - Accepted: 29 Jun 2016 - Published: 12 Jan 2018
Domain: Clinical medicine
Keywords: Osteitis, foreign body, cuboid
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Cite this article: Hassane Zejjari et al. Osteitis of the cuboid on unknown foreign body. Pan African Medical Journal. 2018;29:29. [doi: 10.11604/pamj.2018.29.29.9764]
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Osteitis of the cuboid on unknown foreign body
Hassane Zejjari1,&
1Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Military Hospital Moulay Ismail, Meknčs, Morroco
&Corresponding author
Hassane Zejjari, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Military Hospital
Moulay Ismail, Meknčs, Morroco
This is a patient aged 35 years old, farmer, who consults for chronic fistula of the soles lasting for three months without any notion of trauma. The review found a swelling of the outer edge of the foot of inflammatory appearance with pus coming through a fistula at the top. Plain radiography shows a well limited round osteolysis recalling the appearance of an abscess of Broca. The scanner confirms the osteolysis and highlights intra-osseous foreign body. The patient underwent surgical treatment by trimming, removal of a piece of wood and curettage of the bone cavity. The outcome was favorable with disappearance of infectious signs and filling the bone cavity.
Figure 1: standard radiograph of the foot and two CT scans that objective osteolysis and the foreign body intraosseous the cuboid