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Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis(CRMO) is a rare disease of children characterized byaseptic inflammation of the long bones and clavicles. Noinfectious etiology has been identified, and CRMO has been associated with a number of autoimmunediseases (including Wegener's granulomatosis andpsoriasis). The relationship between CRMO andinflammatory bowel disease is poorly described. Throughan internet bulletin board subscribed to by 500pediatric gastroenterologists, we identified sixinflammatory bowel disease patients (two with ulcerativecolitis, four with Crohn's colitis) with confirmed CRMO. In all cases, onset of the bony lesionspreceded the onset of bowel symptoms by as much as fiveyears. Immunosuppressive therapy for the bowel diseasegenerally resulted in improvement of the bone inflammation. Chronic recurrrent multifocalosteomyelitis should be considered in any inflammatorybowel disease patient with unexplained bone pain orareas of uptake on bone scan. CRMO may be a rareextraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease;alternatively, certain individuals may be geneticallypredisposed to the development of bothdiseases.
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Bousvaros, A., Marcon, M., Treem, W. et al. Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis Associated with Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children. Dig Dis Sci 44, 2500–2507 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026695224019
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