Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis: A Case Report

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare migratory skeletal disorder with non-infectious inflammatory etiology which usually causes bone pain in children and adolescents. Intermittent periods of exacerbation and remission are usually noted during the course of the disease. It is a multifocal bone disease usually involving the metaphyses of long bones. The clinical and Paraclinical findings are non-specific, and indeed CRMO is a diagnosis of exclusion based on multiple criteria. Case Presentation: We present a 6-year-old boy with multiple periods of fever, systemic inflammation and bone pain since he was 2 years old, hospitalized multiple times, received antibiotics and finally diagnosed as a CRMO case. Conclusions: CRMO should be diagnosed according to a variety of clinical and paraclinical findings. In children and adolescents with multiple bone lesions and lytic lesion, one of the differential diagnoses that should be considered is CRMO.