Published 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis in Children: A Multidisciplinary Approach is needed to establish a Diagnosis

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Sufat (Kuwait)
  • 2. Faisal Bin Sultan Center, Sufat (Kuwait)

Description

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is an inflammatory disease of unknown cause. In general, CRMO follows a characteristic clinical course and is regarded at present as a distinct entity. It affects bone and occurs predominantly in children and adolescents. The clinical, radiologic and pathologic findings are non-specific. The recognition of this rare entity is often delayed and difficulties in patient management sometimes emerge from its usual protracted course. We present a 6-year-old girl diagnosed with CRMO involving tibia and lumbar vertebra where a multidisciplinary approach was essential in making the diagnosis

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.136737; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4145153

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Journal Title
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine (Online)
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 120-123
ISSN
1607-3312

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PMCID: PMC4145153; PMID: 25165423; PUBLISHER-ID: WJNM-12-120; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4145153; Copyright: (c) World Journal of Nuclear Medicine; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.; This record replaces 47118480