NOMID--a neonatal syndrome of multisystem inflammation

Neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease is a rare disorder first described by Lorber in 1973. An additional 29 cases have been recorded. Two patients are described here, one with a 17 year follow-up. The typical features are a rash, fever, adenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and a severe, deform...

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Published in:Skeletal radiology 1989, Vol.18 (5), p.359
Main Authors: Torbiak, R P, Dent, P B, Cockshott, W P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - classification
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Inflammation
Joint Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Syndrome
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Summary:Neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease is a rare disorder first described by Lorber in 1973. An additional 29 cases have been recorded. Two patients are described here, one with a 17 year follow-up. The typical features are a rash, fever, adenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and a severe, deforming arthropathy predominantly affecting large joints. The most striking feature is the onset in the neonatal period. Other associated features include inflammation, chronic meningitis, anemia, and persistent leukocytosis. Most, if not all, patients develop bizarre epiphyseal radiographic findings that are virtually pathognomonic. This disease is distinct from Still disease.
ISSN:0364-2348
DOI:10.1007/BF00361425