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Can chronic osteomyelitis affect or cause other diseases?
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Contiguous infection: Chronic osteo can cause the surrounding soft tissues to get infected and may lead to what is called a sinus tract, which is a tunnel that leads to the skin. I am not aware of other issues.
Answered 11/21/2012
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Chronic osteo...: Can be associated with a squamous cell carcinoma in the chronic sinus tract and also can be associated with amyloidosis. In 40 years of id, I have seen no carcinomas and one case of secondary amyloidosis.
Answered 2/7/2018
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