Gamuts

Localized periosteal reaction

A periosteal reaction is the formation of new bone in response to injury or other stimuli of the periosteum surrounding the bone. It is most often identified on X-ray films of the bones. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Arthritis
Battered child syndrome
Cellulitis
Dactylitis
Decubitus ulcer
Deep abscess
Diabetic ulcer
Eosinophilic granuloma
Ewing sarcoma
Healing fracture with callus
Hemophilia
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Malignant bone neoplasm
Osteoid osteoma
Osteomyelitis
Osteosarcoma
Psoriatic arthritis
Reactive periostitis
Reiter syndrome
Reiter/reactive arthritis
Subperiosteal hemorrhage
Trauma
Vascular stasis
Vascular tumor
 Uncommon
Bone infarct
Caffey disease
Chondroblastoma
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Melorheostosis
Metastasis
Neuroblastoma
Osteoblastoma
Pathologic fracture
Radiation injury
Sickle cell disease
Syphilis
Thermal injury
Tropical ulcer
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