Flavia Martins Costa MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Clarissa Canella MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Augusto Guimaraes Altoe, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Silvana Machado Mendonca, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Pedro Henrique Rodrigues Martins MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Ierece Lins Aymore, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

-The purpose is to describe conventional (MR) imaging appearance of usual and unusual forms of CRMO and assess the role of DWI and whole-body DWI in diagnosis of disease, assessment in differential diagnosis, following treatment and correlation with clinical findings and laboratory data. -Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a non-infectious inflammatory bone disease of unknown origin and can be a challenging diagnosis. -Conventional MRI , together with DWI and WB-DWI MRI may contribute to the diagnosis and facilitate the follow-up of children with CRMO. This non-invasive, non-irradiating procedure will also allow depicting more precisely the natural history of bone and extra-osseous lesions in CRMO, can improve the diagnostic accuracy and assessment follow up treatment management.

1-To illustrate with conventional MRI, and correlate with DWI and WB-DWI images the usual and unusual forms of CRMO; 2-To illustrate the differential diagnosis (osteomyelitis, ewing sarcoma, leukemia, lymphoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, metastasis) with DWI and conventional images; 3-To correlate with radiologic and histopathologic findings; 4-The usefulness of these sequences in follow-up treatment management.

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Costa, F, Canella, C, Altoe, A, Mendonca, S, Martins, P, Aymore, I, Assessment Cronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO) Using Conventional MRI and DWI: Usual and Unusual Presentations.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14018104.html