1. Osteomyelitis

2. Osteomyelitis Inflammation of bone and marrow Types
Pyogenic osteomyelitis
Tuberculous osteomyelitis

3. Pyogenic Osteomyelitis

4. Pyogenic osteomyelitis
Always caused by bacteria
Routes of infection
Hematogenous spread
Extension from a contiguous site
Direct implantation

6. Causes Staphylococcus aureus in 80% to 90% of cases
E.coli, Pseudomonas, and Klebsiella in patients with genitourinary tract infections and IV drug abusers.
In neonates: Hemophilus influenza and group B streptococci
In patients with sickle cell disease –Salmonella infection

7. Morphology
Acute
Subacute
Chronic

8. Organisms once localized in bone
Bacteria proliferate and induce inflammatory reaction and cause cell death.
Bone undergoes necrosis within first 48 hours
Bacteria and inflammation spread within the shaft of the bone and may percolate throughout the haversian systems and reach the periosteum
Subperiosteal abscess
Segmental bone necrosis sequestrum (dead piece of bone)
Rupture of periosteum leads to an abscess in the surrounding soft tissue and the formation of draining sinus.

9. Over time, host response develops
After first week of infection chronic inflammatory cells become more numerous
Cytokines from leukocytes stimulates osteoclastic bone resorption ingrowth of fibrous tissue deposition of reactive bone in the periphery
Reactive woven or lamellar bone which forms sleeve of living tissue surrounding dead bone is called as involucrum.

10. Brodie abscess: is a small intraosseous abscess that frequently involves the cortex and is walled off by reactive bone
Sclerosing osteomyelitis of Garre: typically develops in jaw and is associated with extensive new bone formation

13. PATHOLOGY Acute Infiltration of PMNs Congested or thrombosed vessels
Chronic  Necrotic bone
Absence of living osteocyte
Mixed inflmmatory cells
predominate
Granulation & fibrous tissue

14. Osteomyelitis-gross & microscopy

15. Sequestrum (necrotic bone)

16. Involucrum (new bone)

17. Osteomyelitis of the tibia of a young child
Osteomyelitis of the tibia of a young child. Numerous abscesses in the bone show as radiolucency.

18. Clinical manifestation
HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS
Clinical manifestation
Classic presentation: Sudden onset
High fever, Night sweats
Fatigue, Anorexia, Weight loss
Restriction of movement
Local edema, Erythema, & Tenderrness

19. Clenched fist
osteomyelitis

22. { Diagnosis & work-up Lab study: HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS
WBC  May be elevated, Usually normal
C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
(Usually is elevated at presentation
Falls with successful therapy)
Blood culture
( Acute osteomyelitis + ve > 50% ) {

23. Imaging Diagnosis & work-up Radiology: HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS
Normal
Soft tissue swelling
Periosteal elevation
Lytic change
Sclerotic change

24. Complications of chronic osteomyelitis:
Deformities of bones:
Pathological fractures.
Systemic effects such as chronic fever & fatigue.
Amyloidosis of the AA type (secondary amyloidosis).This can get further deposited in the kidney, liver & blood vessels.
Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: The skin at the edges of the draining sinus tracts may undergo malignant transformation over time.
Sepsis
Rarely sarcoma in the infected bone

25. Specific forms of chronic osteomyelitis
Forms of chronic osteomyelitis include:
Brodie abscess,
Tuberculous osteomyelitis,
Osteomyelitis of congenital syphilis, and
Osteomyelitis of acquired syphilis.

26. TB osteomyelitis:
Dissemination of tuberculosis outside the lungs can lead to the appearance of skeletal TB:
Skeletal Tuberculosis:
Tuberculous osteomyelitis involves mainly the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae (known as Pott disease) followed by knee and hip.
There is extensive necrosis and bony destruction with compressed fractures (with kyphosis) and extension to soft tissues, including psoas "cold" abscess.

27. Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the bone is secondary hematogenous spread from a primary source in the lung or GI tract.
It most commonly occurs in the vertebrae (body) and long bones.
Once established, the bacilli provoke a chronic inflammatory reaction.
Small patches of caseous necrosis occur, and these coalesce to form larger abscesses.
The infection spreads across the epiphysis into the joints.
The infection may track along soft tissue to appear as a cold abscess at a distant site (eg: psoas abscess in case of spinal tuberculosis).

28. Spinal tuberculosis. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine revealing osteomyelitis involving T10 and T11 vertebral bodies and disc space (A; arrow) and an adjacent multiloculated paravertebral abscess (B; arrow).

29. Psoas abscess: Computed tomographic scan of the abdomen showing a left iliopsoas abscess (arrow) that likely originated from tuberculous osteomyelitis involving the T12, L1, and L2 vertebrae.

30. Syphilitic osteomyelitis:
The transplacental spread of spirochetes from mother to the fetus results in congenital syphilis.
Long bones, such as the tibia, are mainly affected.
Congenital syphilis has 2 forms:
Periosteitis and osteochonditis.

31. Regarding acquired syphilis, bone lesions are manifestations of tertiary syphilis.
Gummatous lesions appear as discrete punched-out radiolucent lesions in medulla or destructive lesions within the cortex.
The surrounding bone is sclerotic, and no discharge is present.
Bones frequently affected are those of nose, palate, skull and extremities, especially the long tubular bones such as tibia.
Histology : edematous granulation tissue containing numerous plasma cells and necrotic bone.

32. “Sabre” tibia