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LYTIC EPIPHYSEAL LESIONS - H.U.C.

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• Can occur at any location and in a patient of anyage• When in the epiphysis (less common in children> 1 year, because blood vessels do not cross thephysis), if the articular surface is abutted,invariably the adjacent joint will be involved andshow either cartilage loss or an effusion, or both• In conclusion, infection will be in almost everydifferential diagnosis of a lytic lesion (includingepyphisis)

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