CAJ | 학술논문

This paper reported 24 cases admitted to Beijing Children's Hospital in 1974-1982.Male 12 and female 12.The onset of the diseaese varied from 10 days to 15 weeks of post-natal life.All of them came to hospital before 4 months of age.Main symptoms were hyperirritability,crying,local mass,tenderness and limitation of the limb.Persisting fever occurred in 6 cases complicated by pneumonia.Misdiagnosis had been made as pneumonia,septicemia,fracture,scurvy,osteomyelitis and brachial plexus palsy at the first visit.Besides,one baby died of pneumonia and cardiac failure,while cortical hyperostosis of right humerus was found at autopsy.5 cases were followed up to 1/2-2 years,and all of them were living and well.The original roentgenographic alterations disappeared.X-ray data:1) number of lesions-single 13,multiple 11,2) site of lesions-humerus 12(occasions),ulma 7,radius 6,femur 6,mandible 3,scapula 10,clavicle 6,rib 4.The roentgenographic characteristic finding reveals abundant new bone formation from periosteum,making the shaft thicker.There is no specific treatment.Some were treated with corticosteroids and resulted in lowering of the lasting fever.