Ur Medstudy MCQ 57

Treatment of choice for Caffey's disease is
A.Multiple drilling
B.Tetracycline
C.Penicillin
D.Curettage

The corect answer is:  C.Penicillin

NOTE: 

• Caffey's disease or Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis is a rare disorder developed during the first few months of life.
• It usually involves the tubular bones and mandible,sometime flat bones such as the cranial vault and scapula may be affected.
• Infection may be suspected but there are  no local sign of inflammation except Painful swelling over the affected bones.
• X-ray shows periosteal new bone formation resulting in marked swelling of the affected bones in the X-ray plate.
• It is resolved spontaneously after few months.Sometime antibiotics like Penicillin are employed but efficacy is doutful.

Bilateral swelling of Mandible

X-ray shows marked swelling of the bones