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Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome Therapy

New findings in acquired hyperostosis syndrome therapy described from University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, March 13th, 2010

Data detailed in 'A case of SAPHO syndrome with destructive spondylodiscitis suspicious of tuberculous spondylitis' have been presented. "We report a rare case of synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome in which the differential diagnosis included tuberculous spondylitis and the patient ultimately required reconstructive spinal surgery. The patient was a 60-year-old woman who presented with severe low-back and leg pain after treatment for tuberculosis," investigators in Yokohama, Japan report.

"Roentgenography and magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine revealed destructive changes suggestive of tuberculous spondylitis....

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