Acute osteomyelitis and Ewing's tumor, two bone entities as different, one of an infectious nature such as osteomyelitis, and another of a neoplastic nature such as Ewing's tumor, may coincide in their clinical-radiographic characteristics and, therefore, cause confusion. In fact, references to erroneous diagnoses in this regard are not uncommon.
Keywords: Ewing's sarcoma, osteomyelitis, children |