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<orthopaedics, radiology> A piece of dead bone that has become separated during the process of necrosis from the sound bone.
Sequelae of osteomyelitis, sequestrum, necrotic bone, often denser than surroundings, may be resorbed, discharged through a sinus tract, or persist as a focus of continued infection, involucrum, bone formed beneath elevated periosteum, surrounds sequestrum
(08 Aug 2003)
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