You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Images in paediatrics
Osteomyelitis of the humerus complicating BCG vaccination
  1. S Segal1,
  2. A J Pollard1,
  3. C Watts2,
  4. A Wainwright3,
  5. A Lalvani4,
  6. J Connell5
  1. 1Dept of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
  2. 2Dept of Radiology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital
  3. 3Dept of Orthopaedics, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
  4. 4Dept of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital
  5. 5Dept of Paediatrics, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr S Segal
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Level 4, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; shelley.segal{at}paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.083741

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    An 18 month old boy presented with reluctance to move his left arm after a fall. He had received bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination six months prior to presentation. Radiological examination of the humerus showed a proximal pathological fracture and a number of lytic lesions. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an aggressive lesion within the proximal metaphysis with cortical disruption.

    A bone biopsy showed …

    View Full Text

    Footnotes

    • Competing interests: none declared