Garre’s chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Garre’s chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the sacrum.” (Br J Neurosurg. 2006 Dec; 20(6):415-9). Authors are Nasir N, Aquilina K, Ryder DQ et al., from the Department of Neuropathology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland. Garre’s chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis (DSOM) is a rare disease that occurs most commonly in the mandible. The authors present a case of sacral DSOM that simulated an expanding destructive sacral tumour. Treatment was conducted on the basis of the available experience with the mandibular form of the disease, with partial symptomatic relief, but progressive sclerosis of the sacral lesion. To the best of their knowledge, this is the first case initially presenting in the sacrum. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.