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and influenced by environmental factors . The classical
Although radiography does not establish the
form is a self-limiꢀng disease that almost exclusively diagnosis of Caffey disease, it is the most valuable
affects infants, although it has been described in diagnosꢀc test for ruling out important differenꢀal
older children, and may follow a relapsing course that diagnoses and should be the primary modality for
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resolves by the age of 3 years .
Infanꢀle corꢀcal hyperostosis either occurs
workup and follow-up . A characterisꢀc feature is the
new corꢀcal bone formaꢀon beneath the affected
regions of soꢁ ꢀssue swelling . There are no specific
laboratory tests to diagnose Caffey disease, but it
may present with leukocytosis, elevated erythrocyte
sedimentaꢀon rate (ESR) and alkaline phosphatase
ALP) levels, indicaꢀng an inflammatory response .
Depending on the stage of the disease, the histology
of HCI ranges from abnormaliꢀes confined to the
sporadically or is inherited in an autosomal dominant
manner with incomplete penetrance . Those with
familial involvement are associated with a nonsense
mutaꢀon of the COL1A1 gene (3040C to T) on
chromosome 17q21, resulꢀng in a subsꢀtuꢀon of
arginine for cysteine (R836C) in the alpha1 chain of
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type I collagen triple helix . Inherited defects of the
arterioles result in hypoxic damage of the periosteum,
leading to intense proliferaꢀon of subperiosteal cells
and fibrosis of the bone marrow. This subsequently
results in hepaꢀc extramedullary hematopoiesis and
portal hypertension . In ICH, paꢀents can present with
a triad of symptoms, signs, and radiographic image .
The most common presentaꢀon is characterized
by tender swelling of the soꢁ ꢀssues overlying the
affected bone, usually preceded by corꢀcal thickening,
irritability, fever without a focus, anorexia, and pain in
infants . Swelling becomes indurated and fixed to the
bone, red and tender . The most common site affected
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periosteum to new bone formaꢀon . Differenꢀal
diagnoses include child abuse, malignant neoplasm,
hypervitaminosis A, hypoparathyroidism, paroꢀꢀs,
osteomyeliꢀs, prostaglandin administraꢀon, Ewing’s
sarcoma, scurvy, orotherdefectsincollagensynthesis .
There is no specific treatment for the
disease. Pain can be managed with non-steroidal anꢀ-
inflammatory drugs or corꢀcosteroids. The disease
resolves within weeks or years and the site affected
may vary during this period. Recurrences in adolescents
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and adults are rare, but may occur .
Idenꢀfying this rare infecꢀon will help avoid
invasive diagnosꢀc and therapeuꢀc strategies.
is the mandible, followed by the scapula, clavicle and
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long bones . There have been reports of facial nerve
palsy, and in cases of severe pain, pseudoparalysis may
occur. Rare clinical findings include nasal obstrucꢀon,
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Dr. Mario C. Crespo Guerra
for giving us the opportunity to be his students and for becoming an
icon in pediatric maxillofacial surgery in Camagüey.
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proptosis and dysphagia .
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