. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . Theinflammation may result in a thickening of the layers of bone and a shuttingin of the products of suppuration, hence, if situated near a joint, the pusmay burrow under the dense bone and invade the joint. Tuberculous Osteitis always arises in cancellous tissue, and it affects theshort bones or the shafts or ends of the long bones. The short bones ofthe hands and feet are liable to this condition, especially in children. Whenthe phalanges are involved the condition is known as tuberculous typical appearance of this conditi
. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . Theinflammation may result in a thickening of the layers of bone and a shuttingin of the products of suppuration, hence, if situated near a joint, the pusmay burrow under the dense bone and invade the joint. Tuberculous Osteitis always arises in cancellous tissue, and it affects theshort bones or the shafts or ends of the long bones. The short bones ofthe hands and feet are liable to this condition, especially in children. Whenthe phalanges are involved the condition is known as tuberculous typical appearance of this condition is shown in Plate XXVII., fig. bones may be simultaneously affected. Some slight injury maydetermine the onset of tuberculous periostitis or osteitis. Tuberculous Epiphysitis.—An inflammation affecting primarily theepiphyseal line and adjacent bone. The tendency is for it to spread andinvolve the joints by the invasion of the synovial membranes. Separation ofthe epiphysis may result. The adjacent bones show a condition of osteitis and. O —» « Sic 5 c 2: o> 3 XI _• - X o — w 08 .— Eh .5 : 2h - _ 5 .£
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