01042nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001600055653001100071653002200082653000900104653001600113653001800129653001600147653001300163100001400176700001400190245006700204300001000271520051700281022001400798       1979                            d  c1979 Sep10aElbow Joint10aHumans10aHumeral Fractures10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aOsteomyelitis10aRadiography10aSmallpox1 aLentz M W1 aNoyes F R00aOsseous deformity from osteomyelitis variolosa. A case report.  a155-73 a<p>Smallpox osteomyelitis (osteomyelitis variolosa) with gross clinical and radiologic deformities of the elbows, hands and feet occurred in a 53-year-old Vietnamese refugee. This disease, once common in Asia and Africa, may cause permanent damage to joints and growth centers in the course of the acute infection in childhood. The roentgenographic features are sufficiently diagnostic to exclude congenital dysplasia of the skeletal system, leprosy, or sequelae of thermal injury, and other joint disorders.</p>  a0009-921X