Clinical Heterogeneity in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis and Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis

Clicks: 2
ID: 318266
2026
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score — reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
Popular

Ranked #31 of 47 articles by views in Modern Rheumatology Case Reports

Most read Least read

Bar heights use a square-root scale.

Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet minted

Create a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.

5 SUSD one-off · no wallet required
Abstract
Abstract Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) and chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) are autoinflammatory diseases characterized by sterile bone inflammation. Patients with CNO or CRMO often complain about pain in extremities, although several unusual manifestations have been reported. We report four pediatric cases of CNO/CRMO, demonstrating marked clinical variability in symptom onset and disease course. All patients presented with bone pain during their disease course, whereas unusual manifestations such as fever of unknown origin prior to the bone pain and cervical pain were confirmed. The diagnosis was established based on clinical features and by ruling out malignancy and infection through biopsy and culture. All patients received nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as initial therapy, and one required additional treatment with oral methotrexate and adalimumab. Serum cytokine analysis was performed in three cases, revealing elevated levels of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and IL-33 in the pre-treatment state. These cases underscore the clinical heterogeneity of CNO/CRMO.
Reference Key
openalex_W7165658679 Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Hiroki Shimomura, Kazuki Takahashi, M. Ueki, Kazuma Saito, Haruna Yamahiro, Shinichi Ishikawa, Sho Kato, Akiko Ando, Takashi Suganuma, Makoto Mikawa, Tomonobu Sato
Journal Modern Rheumatology Case Reports
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/mrcr/rxag049
URL
Keywords Keywords not found

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.