A 32-year-old male presents with a 6-month history of purulent discharge from a sinus tract over the tibia. X-ray shows a dense bone fragment within a radiolucent zone, surrounded by new cortical bone. Which feature best distinguishes this chronic osteomyelitis from acute haematogenous osteomyelitis of the same bone?

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