Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis or Caffey's Disease
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This CME activity consists of the student reviewing the video of the professor reviewing the case as well as the associated DICOM image set related to the case in question.
Learning Objectives
As a result of participation in this activity, participants should be able to:
- Provide improved patient care.
- Greater knowledge of the imaging characteristics of the patient's disease.
- Understand a better approach to interpretation of studies.
Faculty Disclosure
Mehmet Albayram, MD, Ivan Davis, MD, Mariam Hanna, MD, Anthony Mancuso, MD, Ronald Quisling, MD, Dhanashree Rajderkar, MD, Priya Sharma, MD, Roberta Slater, MD and Joann Stamm, MBA have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships. No one else is a position to control content have any financial relationship to disclose.
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Conflict of interest information for the CME Advisory Committee members can be found on the following website: https://cme.ufl.edu/disclosure/.
Continuing Medical Education Credit
Accreditation: The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CA0865-Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis or Caffey's Disease
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CA0865-Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis or Caffey's Disease
Case ReportHistory
Exam
Prior Study
Findings
Technique:
The technique is adequate for interpretation.
The area of concern is indicated by the patient’s mother and included on the exam.
Soft Tissues:
There is no soft tissue swelling or other soft tissue abnormality.
Bone:
There is no fracture.
There is smooth symmetric periosteal thickening of the bilateral medial tibial diaphyses.
The trabeculae of the cancellous bone are not interrupted or otherwise abnormal.
There are no focal or multifocal lesions or other abnormality.
Overall bone density is normal.
Growth plates, ossification centers, apophyses:
The growth plates, ossification centers, and apophyses are normal.
Joints and alignment:
There is no effusion. The joints are and alignment are normal on this single frontal view.
Other findings:
Other than the findings of Caffey’s disease, the remainder of the exam is normal for age.
