Florid reactive periostitis ossificans is a rare bone lesion usually occurring in the small, tubular bones of the hands and feet. This entity is a benign and aggressive periosteal reaction associated with soft tissue swelling that appears similar to a bone lesion that radiographically and clinically mimics an infectious or neoplastic process. Typically the lesions occurs in an adolescent or young adult and presents as a small area of painful swelling and erythema over the affected bone. The cause of florid reactive periostitis ossificans is not exactly known though many authors have postulated varied etiopathogenesis for the same condition. In this report, is a very rare and unusual example of this entity that has been observed in association with erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) a type 2 lepra reaction in a Leprosy patient.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22655475?dopt=Abstract C2 - UK CN - CHAKMA 2012 CY - Colchester DA - 2012 Mar IS - 1 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -Florid reactive periostitis ossificans is a rare bone lesion usually occurring in the small, tubular bones of the hands and feet. This entity is a benign and aggressive periosteal reaction associated with soft tissue swelling that appears similar to a bone lesion that radiographically and clinically mimics an infectious or neoplastic process. Typically the lesions occurs in an adolescent or young adult and presents as a small area of painful swelling and erythema over the affected bone. The cause of florid reactive periostitis ossificans is not exactly known though many authors have postulated varied etiopathogenesis for the same condition. In this report, is a very rare and unusual example of this entity that has been observed in association with erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) a type 2 lepra reaction in a Leprosy patient.
PB - LEPRA Health in Action PP - Colchester PY - 2012 SP - 98 EP - 103 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Florid reactive periostitis ossificans of long bones and digits associated with reaction in a patient with leprosy. UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/83/1/09-8103 VL - 83 SN - 0305-7518 ER -