Chronic multifocal symmetrical osteomyelitis. Report of two cases in Bedouin infants
Y. Meller, P. Yagupsky, Y. Elitsur, I. Inbar-Ianay and J. Bar-Ziv
Chronic multifocal symmetrical osteomyelitis is a rare condition
characterized clinically and radiologically by multiple symmetrical bone
lesions, a benign course, and a good prognosis. To our knowledge, only 25
cases have been reported in the literature; all of them occurred in
patients of European ancestry. We describe two bedouin children, aged 20
and 21 months, who suffered from this disease. Although they complained of
one painful joint, multiple osteolytic lesions were found in the long
bones. At follow-up six months later, the children were in perfect
condition without radiologic sequelae.
