A BENIGN FORM OF OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE SPINE
- 29 July 1933
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 101 (5) , 335-337
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1933.02740300003002
Abstract
Although osteomyelitis of the vertebral column generally is considered to be relatively uncommon, numerous case reports and descriptions of the condition have been published. With very few exceptions they have dealt with the very acute form associated with high temperature, marked prostration, frequent paralysis from involvement of the spinal cord, and with a high mortality. The impression is had from reading the textbooks and most of the articles on the subject that this is the generally accepted picture of the disease. Steindler1describes a milder form of infection, and Kidner2has reported three cases which ran a relatively benign course. From August, 1924, to December, 1932. sixteen cases of osteomyelitis of the spine have been collected from the records of the New York Orthopaedic Dispensary and Hospital and one other was seen in consultation. They indicate the occurrence of a milder form of the disease which, in thisThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: