title: Primary chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis--a case-report.
abstract: A case of primary chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis of the fibula in a 14-year-old is described. This rare condition can be difficult to differentiate from a bone tumor. Its pathogenesis is controversial, although the prevalent hypothesis involves chronic osteomyelitis developing after an unrecognized phase of acute infection. The existence of primary chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis as a disease in its own right has been challenged. Recently, primary chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis has been interpreted as a localized or monofocal variant of multifocal recurrent chronic osteitis or of the bone abnormalities associated with seronegative spondyloarthropathies (SAPHO syndrome).
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Trauma Center, Catholic Louvain University, Saint-Luc University Hospitals, Brussels, Belgium. dldv@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Viejo-Fuertes
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rossillon
authors.forename: Marilyne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mousny
authors.forename: Pierre-Louis
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Docquier
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lecouvet
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rombouts
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012598:Sclerosis