R~sum& Presentation d'un cas d'ostdo-myYlite de l'extrdmitg infdrieure du cubitus chez un homme de 71 ans, d~e h Yersinia enterocolitica et survenue au cours du traitement par chimioth6rapie d'un cancer du poumon. Cette observation est tout it fait particuliOre parce que l'ost~omyglite s'est localisde au niveau d'une ancienne fracture trai-t6e par ostdosynthOse 48 ans auparavant. A notre connaissance il s'agit du premier cas publi6 d'ostdomydlite Yersinia enterocolitica chez un patient soumis it un traitement immuno-suppresseur. Mots cl~s : Ostdomy(lite --Cubitus --Yersinia Abstract. We have reported a case of a 71-year-old male who developed osteomyelitis of his distal ulna due to Y. enterocolitica during chemotherapy for an oat-cell carcinoma. This case was remarkable because the osteomyelitis developed where 48 years earlier an Code M6ary : I101.0 ; 0519.0 Correpondence to: J. Verhaegen osteosynthesis had been performed. To our knowledge this is the first case of a Yersinia osteomyelitis in a patient receiving immunosuppressive therapy, reported in the literature.
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