Case Report
Year: 2018 | Month: July | Volume: 5 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 142-145
Caffey Disease Presenting as Unilateral Scapular Swelling
Dr Prachi Srivastava, Dr Seema Pandey, Dr Udbhav Maheshwari
Department of Radiology, Kriti Scanning and Research Institute, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr Prachi Srivastava
ABSTRACT
Infantile cortical hyperostosis (Caffey disease) is a rare entity characterized by a triad of bone changes, soft tissue swelling and irritability. It usually presents in infants within first five months of their life with no specific gender or racial predilection. The entity is self-limited in majority of the cases and the treatment is symptomatic. It is primarily diagnosed on the basis of characteristic radiographic features and clinical data. Thus, it is important to keep the differential of Caffey disease in mind when an infant presents with the characteristic triad to prevent further unnecessary investigations.
Key words: Caffey disease, infants, scapular swelling, self-limited, rare entity.
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