title: Chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the humerus: novel treatment with calcitonin.
abstract: We describe a 51-year-old woman with a 20-year history of pain and swelling in her left upper arm. Radiographic appearance was suggestive of chronic osteomyelitis but confirmation necessitated surgical exploration. A diagnosis of sclerosing osteomyelitis was made on histology which responded poorly to the prolonged antibiotics. She subsequently made a dramatic symptomatic and radiological improvement after starting to take calcitonin, even in low dosage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012598:Sclerosis
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D002116:Calcitonin