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Condensing osteitis of the clavicle in childhood: A rare sclerotic bone lesion

Review of literature and report of seven patients

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Seven children and adolescents with sclerotic and periosteal alterations of the clavicle are reported, two of them in detail. Malignancies and bacterial inflammatory processes, which were first suspected, could be excluded. Clinical and radiographic features as well as differential diagnosis are discussed, as is the pertinent literature. The etiology of this uncommon bone lesion, which is described under different names, could not be clarified.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital and Orthopedic Hospital, University of Heidelberg, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    R. G. Appell, H. C. Oppermann, W. Becker, R. Kratzat, W. E. Brandeis & E. Willich

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Decicated to Professor Dr. H. Bickel on the occasion of his 65th birthday

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Appell, R.G., Oppermann, H.C., Becker, W. et al. Condensing osteitis of the clavicle in childhood: A rare sclerotic bone lesion. Pediatr Radiol 13, 301–306 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625953

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