Histopathological presentation of features of the HOES score by graduation (I–IV): I. Signs of an acute osteitis/osteomyelitis, II. Signs of a chronically florid, that is to say active osteitis/osteomyelitis, III. Signs of a chronic osteitis/osteomyelitis, IV. Signs of a subsided/calmed osteitis/osteomyelitis. All images in the same magnification (original magnification about 150 x) in standard HE stain.Histopathological Osteomyelitis Evaluation Score (HOES) - an innovative approach to histopathological diagnostics and scoring of osteomyelitis.
Tiemann A, Hofmann GO, Krukemeyer MG, Krenn V, Langwald S - GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW (2014). Not Altered. CC.
Osteomyelitis is a serious infection of the bone that can be either acute or chronic. It is an inflammatory process involving the bone and its structures caused by pyogenic organisms that spread through the bloodstream, fractures, or surgery.
Types of osteomyelitis include:
- Pyogenic osteomyelitis
- Mycobacterial osteomyelitis
- Skeletal syphilis
