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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis associated with chronic inflammatory bowel disease in children |
Author: | Bousvaros, A. Marcon, M. Treem, W. Waters, P. Issenman, R. Couper, R. Burnell, R. Rosenberg, A. Rabinovich, E. Kirschner, B. |
Citation: | Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1999; 44(12):2500-2507 |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
ISSN: | 0163-2116 1573-2568 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Bousvaros, Athos; Marcon, Margaret; Treem, William; Waters, Peter; Issenman, Robert; Couper, Richard; Burnell, Richard; Rosenberg, Allan; Rabinovich, Egla; Kirschner, Barbara |
Abstract: | Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare disease of children characterized by aseptic inflammation of the long bones and clavicles. No infectious etiology has been identified, and CRMO has been associated with a number of autoimmune diseases (including Wegener's granulomatosis and psoriasis). The relationship between CRMO and inflammatory bowel disease is poorly described. Through an internet bulletin board subscribed to by 500 pediatric gastroenterologists, we identified six inflammatory bowel disease patients (two with ulcerative colitis, four with Crohn's colitis) with confirmed CRMO. In all cases, onset of the bony lesions preceded the onset of bowel symptoms by as much as five years. Immunosuppressive therapy for the bowel disease generally resulted in improvement of the bone inflammation. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis should be considered in any inflammatory bowel disease patient with unexplained bone pain or areas of uptake on bone scan. CRMO may be a rare extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease; alternatively, certain individuals may be genetically predisposed to the development of both diseases. |
Keywords: | Humans Osteomyelitis Colitis, Ulcerative Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Crohn Disease Chronic Disease Recurrence Adolescent Child Female Male |
DOI: | 10.1023/A:1026695224019 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1026695224019 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Paediatrics publications |
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