Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis, A Case with A 12-Year-Old Girl

I Karray*, A wajdi, R Triki and Z Jlalia
Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics. Kassab Institute of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine of Sfax. University of Sfax, Tunisia
*Corresponding Author: I Karray, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics. Kassab Institute of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine of Sfax. University of Sfax, Tunisia.

Published: April 05, 2025

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Abstract  

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare benign autoinflammatory skeletal disease characterized by unifocal or multifocal nonbacterial inflammatory bone lesions in the metaphysis of long bones. Due to its rarity and its unspecific clinical and imaging findings, it can be easily misdiagnosed. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl which symptomatology was similar to Ewing Sarcoma. In fact, the diagnosis of CRMO is a diagnosis of exclusion.

Keywords: chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis; children; bone pain

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