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Multifocal chronic osteomyelitis with exuberant periosteal formation

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A very protracted unusual course of multifocal osteomyelitis in a young child is presented. Initial radiolucencies were followed by a marked periosteal overgrowth, which resulted in severe bone deformities. A viral etiology is suggested.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 70300, Zerifin, Israel

    R. Starinsky MD

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Starinsky, R. Multifocal chronic osteomyelitis with exuberant periosteal formation. Pediatr Radiol 21, 455–456 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02026691

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