Chronic osteomyelitis and incidental osteochondroma

Osteochondroma Femur Incidental Escuintla

Authors

  • Rebeca Mancilla-Pérez
    rebkmancilla13@gmail.com
    Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Nacional de Escuintla, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Indira Gálvez Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Nacional de Escuintla, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Iram Alfaro-Ramírez Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Nacional de Escuintla, Guatemala., Guatemala
February 10, 2022
June 9, 2022

Osteochondroma is a benign cartilage-forming tumor, commonly diagnosed as incidental findings, since it does not cause pain. We present the case of a 12-year-old patient with a fracture secondary to chronic osteomyelitis and an incidental finding o