SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA AS A LATE COMPLICATION OF CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS

Abstract

ABSTRACT Squamous cell carcinoma is a rare but well documented complication of chronic osteomyelitis. With the advent of antibiotics, better health care delivery to the people and improving socioeconomic conditions, the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma arising as a late complication of acute haematogenous osteomyelitis has become increasingly less. Occasional difficulty in the differential diagnosis of a pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia and well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma can be troublesome. These two cases are presented to remind the clinician of this now increasingly rare complication of chronic osteomyelitis and the occasional diagnostic dilemma involved in its histopathological diagnosis. Key Words: Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Chronic Osteomyelitis.