Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1931;13:319-324.
© 1931 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
EPITHELIZATION OF CANCELLOUS BONE IN OSTEOMYELITIS
(Another Cause of Persistent Drainage)
J. E. MILGRAM M.S., M.D.1
1 The Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pathology, College of Medicine, State University of Iowa.
A pathological lesion is described, wherein stratified squamous epithelium grew widely in the marrow cavity, and was associated with localized osteomyelitis of unusual duration. It is suggested that epithelization of the marrow cavity constitutes another cause for persistence of drainage in certain cases of osteomyelitis.