In 1987, Chamot et al attempted to unify the various descriptions of osteoarticular disease associated with skin manifestations into a syndrome with the acronym SAPHO: synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (Chamot et al., 1987). Furthermore, the clinical feature of aseptic chronic recurrent multiple osteomyelitis (CRMO) accompanied by pustulosis with its typical presentation i...

A NUMBER of bone diseases may affect the orbital bones decreasing the orbital volume and narrowing the optic canal, giving rise to unilateral exophthalmos and usually optic atrophy, simulating clinically an orbital tumour. Among such diseases are osteitis deformans (Paget, 1876); leontiasis ossea (Virchow, 1896); osteopetrosis (Albers-Schonberg, 1904), and the generalized and localized osteitis...

INTRODUCTION Several experimental studies have shown osteitis after the onset of sinusitis, supporting the idea that bone involvement could participate in the dissemination and perpetuation of this inflammatory disease. However, procedures commonly performed for the induction of sinusitis, such as antrostomies, can trigger sinusitis by themselves. OBJECTIVE To evaluate osteitis in an animal m...

Although abundant evidence of concomitant cardiovascular disease is scattered throughout the literature on osteitis deformans, appreciation of the etiologic relationship between the two diseases has been lacking. This paper shows that cardiovascular disease accompanying extensive osteitis deformans may result from: (1) excessive demand on the heart from increased vascularity of affected bones; ...

PRINCIPLES Alveolar osteitis (dry socket) is the most common complication following the extraction of permanent teeth. This study was undertaken to compare the effect of two chlorhexidine rinse protocols on the incidence of alveolar osteitis in patients undergoing surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molar teeth. METHODS A prospective randomized clinical trial was conducted among 99 ...

Cutaneous involvement of the vulva is a rare complication of Crohn's disease. It most commonly presents as erythema and oedema leading to ulcer formation.' However, between 1966 and 1993 only 25 cases have been reported in the English literature. We describe a further case of Crohn's disease with involvement of the vulva presenting with enlargement of the labia minora and recurrent ulceration o...