A further instance of infectiveperiostitis is that met with in acute laminitis.
That an osteoplastic periostitis has been in existence is witnessed by the appearance along the edges of the bone of numerous outgrowths of bone, termed osteophytes (see Fig.
We head this section, Periostitis and Ostitis, for the reason that in actual practice it is rare for one of these affections to occur without the other.
In this form of periostitis the membrane is again swollen and more vascular than in health, and is also easily separable from the bone.
Simple acuteperiostitis may and often does end in resolution.
In simple acute periostitis the membrane is thicker and redder than normal, and is easily stripped from the bone.
The periosteum becomes inflamed; a widespread suppurative periostitis is the result; necrosis of the bone from insufficient nutrition follows, while mechanical pressure on the pus aids in its absorption.
In the few cases, he says, in which the periostitis is followed by necrosis the extent of dead bone has always been less than that of the inflammation over it.
It is in these cases that detachment of the teeth takes place, with periostitis and necrosis of the alveoli.
I do not hesitate to claim it as rachitis, for epiphysitis and periostitis of early age not of rachitical basis are not apt to run such a favorable course as this form frequently does.
The associated changes are chiefly endosteal at the junction of the shaft with the epiphysis, but there is also a little periostitis or perichondritis, which is the principal cause of the external swelling.
That the disease is epiphysitis and periostitis there is no doubt.
Acute periostitis frequently occurs in children in close proximity either to one joint, or less frequently to more than one, and may readily be confounded with acute articular rheumatism.
From periostitis of a rib pleurodynia may be known by the fact that in the one the tenderness is marked in the intercostal space, and in the other in the rib itself.
There is a form of rachitis which may be, and has been, called multiple epiphysitis or multiple periostitis of the articular ends of the long bones.
This condition of periostitis is often difficult to determine.
If an acute periostitis of the cannon bone has been readily discovered, the treatment we have already suggested for that ailment is at once indicated, and the astringent lotions may be relied upon to bring about beneficial results.
In the mild cases of periostitisit is by no means easy positively to determine its presence, for there are no special symptoms by which it may be distinguished from pure laminitis.
The leg being now carefully examined, a localperiostitis is readily discovered at the point of the injury, the part being warm, swollen, and painful.
Periostitis of the phalanges is an ailment requiring careful exploration and minute inspection for its discovery, and is very liable to result in a ringbone of which lameness is the result.
This operation is useful for cases of ectropion affecting the middle parts of the lower lid, generally due to a scar such as would result from a healed sinus after tuberculous periostitis of the lower orbital margin.
In acute middle-ear suppuration a free incision down to the bone may relieve the pain if there are symptoms of periostitis of the mastoid process; it is, however, rarely necessary.
The characteristic lesions are certain late eruptions on the skin, periostitis and nodes on the bones, and growths in the subcutaneous tissue, muscle, and viscera, especially the liver and spleen.
The symptoms of chronic periostitis with new formation of bone are invariable.
Chronic periostitis is not really a disease itself, but a manifestation of the reaction of the periosteum to some irritant.
Hemorrhagic Periostitisof the Shafts of Several Long Bones with Separation of the Epiphyses, Trans.
This periostitis ossificans may result in the clot being surrounded by a perfect shell of bone, with bony columns penetrating the deeper layers.
This condition is one wherein there is osseous formation following a periostitis and the region of the upper portion of the second (inner small) metacarpal bone is the usual site of the exostosis.
A sequel to this form of injury is a circumscribed periostitis at the site of attachment of the ligaments and frequently the formation of an exostosis--ringbone--results.
As the result of fracture of the margin of the orbit a part of the injured bone may become necrosed (dead), and periostitis and periorbital abscess will follow as a consequence.
In this form of periostitis the periosteum should be freely incised, followed either by continuous irrigation or frequent injection of the wound with antiseptic solutions.
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