Garré disease
scle·ros·ing os·te·i·tis
fusiform thickening or increased density of bones, of unknown cause; it has been considered a form of chronic nonsuppurative osteomyelitis.
Synonym(s): condensing osteitis, Garré disease
scle·ros·ing os·te·i·tis
(sklĕ-rō'sing os'tē-ī'tis)Fusiform thickening or increased density of bones, of unknown cause.
Synonym(s): Garré disease.
Synonym(s): Garré disease.
Garré disease
Condensing osteitis or chronic osteomyelitis due to pyogenic cocci.
See also: Garré, Carl
Garré,
Carl, Swiss surgeon, 1857-1928.Garré disease - fusiform thickening or increased density of bones. Synonym(s): sclerosing osteitis
Garré osteomyelitis - chronic osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis; a focal gross thickening of the periosteum with peripheral reactive bone formation resulting from mild infection.