Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis: the role of whole-body MRI.

BACKGROUND: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO), also known as chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, is a noninfectious autoinflammatory disorder that occurs primarily in children and adolescents and is characterized by episodic musculoskeletal pain with a protracted course. MAIN BODY: Traditionally, the diagnosis of CNO is made by exclusion and commonly requires bone biopsy to rule out infection and malignancy. However, bone biopsy may be avoided when imaging and clinical characteristic features are present, such as multifocal bone lesions at typical sites, no constitutional symptoms and no signs of infection in laboratory test results. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) can assess signs of acute and chronic inflammation and enables the detection of CNO typical patterns of lesion location and distribution, thereby helping to exclude differential diagnosis. The goal of the present study paper is to review the main clinical and imaging aspects of the disease with emphasis on the role of WB-MRI in the diagnosis, assessment of disease burden and follow-up monitoring. CONCLUSION: Radiologists need to be familiar with the imaging features to suggest the diagnosis as the early therapy may help to avoid irreversible secondary damage of skeletal system.

Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis in children: a multicenter case series.

Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is a primary autoinflammatory bone disease that presents more frequently in children and is characterized by inflammatory bone lesions in the absence of an infectious etiology. There is little information of this disease in Latin America. The objective of the study was to evaluate demographic, clinical, laboratory, imaging, histopathology characteristics, and treatment responses of pediatric CNO patients. The clinical records of 19 patients with CNO diagnosed between 2007 and 2019 at three tertiary centers in Santiago, Chile were reviewed. The median age of onset was 10 years and 47% were female. Median delay in diagnosis was 12 months. All patients had a pattern of recurrent multifocal disease. 37% of patients had positive antinuclear antibodies and 16% HLA-B27 positivity. 21% of patients presented arthritis or other rheumatologic comorbidity, although no association with psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) was observed. Eighteen patients received treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with partial response. Twelve patients received methotrexate, and half of them received steroids at the same time reaching remission in 50%. Of the five patients who received bisphosphonates, 60% achieved remission. All four patients who received adalimumab had comorbid arthritis and 75% achieved remission. In a series of Chilean children with CNO, all patients presented with multifocal lesions. Comorbid autoimmune diseases including arthritis were frequent, but no association was observed with psoriasis, IBD, or PPP.

Osteomielitis crónica multifocal recurrente: caso clínico pediátrico / Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: pediatric clinical case

La osteomielitis crónica multifocal recurrente fue recientemente clasificada dentro de las enfermedades autoinflamatorias, caracterizadas por episodios de inflamación sistèmica, que incluyen indicadores serológicos de inflamación, en ausencia de autoanticuerpos o agentes patógenos. La característica clínica es la aparición insidiosa de dolor, tumefacción y sensibilidad localizada sobre el hueso afectado, principalmente, en la metáfisis y epífisis de los huesos largos, clavícula y también vértebras. Son episodios autolimitados y recurrentes. Se presenta a un paciente de 2 años y 2 meses con afectación ósea tipo osteolítica en dos focos aislados con un año de diferencia entre ambos episodios. La biopsia ósea fue compatible con osteomielitis crónica y se descartó patología de origen infeccioso, neoplásico y enfermedad proliferativa. Presentó buena respuesta al tratamiento con antiinflamatorios. El conocimiento de esta entidad como diagnóstico diferencial evita el tratamiento antibiótico prolongado, estudios complementarios y biopsias óseas, considerando los criterios diagnósticos y recurrencia de los episodios.

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis has recently been classified as an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by episodes of systemic inflammation including serological signs of inflammation occurring in the absence of autoantibodies or pathogen agents. The insidious onset of pain with swelling and tenderness localized over the affected bones are the main manifestations. The metaphysis and epiphyses of the long bones, clavicle and vertebrae are affected. We report a male patient aged 2 years and 2 months with osteomyelitis with lytic destruction in two different single sites with a year difference between the episodes. Histological examination of the bone showed inflammation and chronic osteomyelitis, excluding the existence of infectious osteomyelitis, neoplasm and myeloproliferative disease. Clinical symptoms improved under treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Considering chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis may shorten time to diagnosis in order to avoid potentially unnecessary prolonged courses of intravenous antibiotics, complementary studies and multiple biopsies.

[Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: pediatric clinical case]. / Osteomielitis crónica multifocal recurrente: caso clínico pediátrico.

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis has recently been classified as an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by episodes of systemic inflammation including serological signs of inflammation occurring in the absence of autoantibodies or pathogen agents. The insidious onset of pain with swelling and tenderness localized over the affected bones are the main manifestations. The metaphysis and epiphyses of the long bones, clavicle and vertebrae are affected. We report a male patient aged 2 years and 2 months with osteomyelitis with lytic destruction in two different single sites with a year difference between the episodes. Histological examination of the bone showed inflammation and chronic osteomyelitis, excluding the existence of infectious osteomyelitis, neoplasm and myeloproliferative disease. Clinical symptoms improved under treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Considering chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis may shorten time to diagnosis in order to avoid potentially unnecessary prolonged courses of intravenous antibiotics, complementary studies and multiple biopsies.

La osteomielitis crónica multifocal recurrente fue recientemente clasificada dentro de las enfermedades autoinflamatorias, caracterizadas por episodios de inflamación sistèmica, que incluyen indicadores serológicos de inflamación, en ausencia de autoanticuerpos o agentes patógenos. La característica clínica es la aparición insidiosa de dolor, tumefacción y sensibilidad localizada sobre el hueso afectado, principalmente, en la metáfisis y epífisis de los huesos largos, clavícula y también vértebras. Son episodios autolimitados y recurrentes. Se presenta a un paciente de 2 años y 2 meses con afectación ósea tipo osteolítica en dos focos aislados con un año de diferencia entre ambos episodios. La biopsia ósea fue compatible con osteomielitis crónica y se descartó patología de origen infeccioso, neoplásico y enfermedad proliferativa. Presentó buena respuesta al tratamiento con antiinflamatorios. El conocimiento de esta entidad como diagnóstico diferencial evita el tratamiento antibiótico prolongado, estudios complementarios y biopsias óseas, considerando los criterios diagnósticos y recurrencia de los episodios.

Osteomielitis Crónica Multifocal Recurrente: presentación de caso / Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis: presentation of case

Los síndromes autoinflamatorios son un grupo de enfermedades caracterizadas por episodios espontáneos, recurrentes o persistentes de inflamación multisistémica. En ellos no se evidencia una etiología infecciosa, neoplásica o autoinmune. Están causadas por alteraciones de la inmunidad innata, lo que ocasiona una desregulación del sistema inflamatorio a nivel del inflamosoma. Estos síndromes se subdividen en dos grandes grupos los síndromes hereditarios de fiebre periódica y las enfermedades autoinflamatorias persistentes, dentro de este último se ubican las enfermedades inflamatorias óseas donde se incluye la osteomielitis multifocal crónica recurrente. Presentamos un caso de una niña de 9 años que ingresa en nuestro hospital por un síndrome febril prolongado y después de múltiples investigaciones se concluye como una osteomielitis multifocal crónica recurrente.

Autoinflammatory syndromes are a group of diseases characterized by spontaneous, recurrent or persistent episodes of multisystem inflammation. They do not show an infectious, neoplastic or autoimmune etiology. They are caused by alterations of the innate immunity, which causes a dysregulation of the inflammatory system at the level of the inflammasome. These syndromes are subdivided into two major groups, the hereditary syndromes of periodic fever and the persistent autoinflammatory diseases; within the latter are the inflammatory bone diseases which chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis. We present a case of a 9-year-old girl who enters our hospital due to a prolonged febrile syndrome and after multiple investigations, it concludes as a Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis.

Osteomielitis crónica multifocal recurrente en paciente pediátrico, reporte de caso / Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis in a pediatric patient, a case report

Introducción: La osteomielitis crónica multifocal recurrente (OCMR) es una enfermedad rara de causa desconocida, que afecta principalmente la metáfisis de los huesos largos; se caracteriza por un cuadro clínico insidioso de exacerbaciones y remisiones; la cronicidad de los síntomas, los hallazgos imagenológicos y la falta de respuesta al manejo con antibióticos, orientan al diagnóstico. Objetivo: Presentar los datos clínicos, resultados de laboratorio, imagenológicos y estudios histo- patológicos que permiten realizar el diagnóstico de OCMR. Caso clínico: Paciente de sexo femenino de 9 años, con artralgias en ambas rodillas y tobillo izquierdo de 1 mes de duración. Los estudios de gammagrafía ósea y resonancia corporal total evidenciaron compromiso óseo multifocal; con estos hallazgos, se realizó biopsia que fue negativa para infección y malignidad. Por la evolución, estudios de laboratorio, radiológicos e histo-patológicos se diagnosticó OCMR. Se inició tratamiento con anti-inflamatorios no esteroides con adecuada respuesta. Conclusiones: La OCMR es una patología poco frecuente de difícil diagnóstico, por lo que se requiere de una alta sospecha clínica para realizar un adecuado enfoque y tratamiento oportuno.

Introduction: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a very rare disease, of unknown origin that affects primarily the metaphysis of long bones. It is characterized by an insidious onset of symptoms and multiple remissions. The chronicity of symptoms, the diagnostic imaging and the lack of response to first line antibiotic treatment, should be helpful for diagnostic. Objective: Present a clinical case, based on clinical, laboratory, radiologic imaging and histopathological results, that ultimately led to the diagnostic of CRMO. Case report: 9 year old, female patient, with one month of bilateral knee and left ankle arthralgia. Bone Gammagraphy and full body MRI, showed multifocal bone inflammation. These findings led to a biopsy, that turned negative for malignancy and infection. Given all the information available from the laboratory test results, radiologic imaging and histopathological findings, CRMO diagnosis was made. NSAID treatment was order, with good results. Conclusions: CRMO is a rare disease that even to date and with cutting edge technology, still represents a diagnostic challenge that primarily relies on a high level of suspicion, for a timely and correct treatment.

Osteomielitis crónica multifocalrecurrente: presentación de un caso / Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: case report

La osteomielitis crónica multifocal recurrente es una rara enfermedad ósea de niños y adolecentes que afecta las metáfisis de los huesos tubulares. Clínicamente se manifiesta por un inicio insidioso y un curso con exacerbaciones y remisiones, los hallazgos de laboratorio y de patología son inespecíficos. En los estudios de imágenes simula una osteomielitis infecciosa y el diagnóstico se hace después de descartar otras enfermedades. El curso crónico, los hallazgos en imagen, los cultivos negativos y la falta de respuesta a la terapia antibiótica ayudan a su diagnóstico.

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis is anunusual inflammatory bone disease; it is a disease of children and young adults. Clinically, the disease is characterized by an insidious onsetand its course is one of recurrent periods of exacerbation and remission. Histopathological,laboratory findings and bacterial culture results are usually negative or no conclusive. The diagnosisis ultimately one of exclusion after morecommon entities have been rule out. The definitive diagnosis is made by combination of a prolongedcourse, characteristic imaging findings,negative cultures and lack of response to an antimicrobial therapy.