Clinical Photo of A Scar And Discharging Sinus

This is a clinical photograph of a patient showing a big scar and discharging sinus over the anterior aspect of arm.

Note the glistening fluid mark over the elbow and upper part of forearm. This is trickling discharge from the sinus.

Sinus is visible as red spot in the scar line about two finger breadths above the elbow fold.

Author’s Note

This patient had undergone surgery previously, after which he developed sinus and continued discharge from it. Patient has got chronic osteomyelitis.

Chronic osteomyelitis is a chronic infection of the bone which presents as discharging sinus, bony swelling and bony changes on xray including irregualrity of the cortex and presence of sequestrum in most of cases.

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