Caffey's disease in an infant

Afsheen Batool Raza; Iftikhar Ijaz; Farrah Naz; Taeed Ahmed Butt

Caffey's disease in an infant

Afsheen Batool Raza, Iftikhar Ijaz, Farrah Naz, Taeed Ahmed Butt

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Abstract

Caffey's disease is a self limited disorder of infantile age group. It is synonymous with 'infantile cortical hyperostosis' and 'Caffey's-Silver syndrome'.It is characterized by fever, irritability, bone pain and characteristic bony changes. It has no definite etiology. This report describes a 4 months old infant presenting with fever, irritability and soft tissue swellings. Investigations led to the diagnosis of Caffey's disease. Symptomatic treatment was given to good clinical response.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	634-636
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
Volume	21
Issue number	10
Publication status	Published - Oct 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bony changes
Infantile cortical hyperostosis
Irritability
Soft tissue swellings

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Caffey's disease in an infant

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