Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis: Case Report of a Rare Disease in Children

Authors

  • Célia Peixoto Sousa Serviço de Radiologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto
  • Adriana Moreira Department of Radiology, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto
  • Inês Portugal Teixeira Department of Radiology, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto
  • Barbara Viamonte Department of Radiology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto
  • Francisco Rego-Costa Department of Radiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25748/arp.17841

Abstract

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis is a rare inflammatory disease of the bone with unknown cause, affecting primarily children and adolescents. It is typically characterized by multifocal and symmetric inflammatory bone lesions, with exacerbations and remissions along the disease course. We present a case of a fourteen-month-old girl with the diagnosis of chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis. The girl was initially misdiagnosed as chronic infectious osteomyelitis, and treated with prolonged antibiotic therapy.

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Published

2019-09-11

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Clinical Cases

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