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SAPHO syndrome presenting as an osteolytic lesion of the neck
Lourdes Mateo1, Juana Sanint1, Samantha Rodríguez Muguruza1
1Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, España.
Abstract:
We report a case of acute-onset multifocal vertebral osteitis with a marked impact on the patient's general health. The radiological, scintigraphic and magnetic resonance findings made it necessary to carry out a differential diagnosis to distinguish it from an infiltrative neoplastic process and determine whether it had an infectious or an inflammatory etiology. The presence of noninfectious multifocal osteitis and sternoclavicular arthritis and the subsequent development of plantar pustulosis pointed to SAPHO syndrome. Treatment with infliximab led to improvement in the clinical symptoms, laboratory values and radiological abnormalities.
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