Vertebral fractures and bone health in patients with chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis at disease onset: insights from the monocentric CAMELOT cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is a rare autoinflammatory disease characterized by bone pain and sterile bone inflammation.

Objectives

This study aimed at describing clinical presentation, laboratory and imaging features, densitometric assessment, and therapeutic approaches in a monocentric CNO cohort.

Design

Monocentric retrospective cohort study.

Methods

Patients were included in the Chronic non-bActerial osteoMyELitis: A mOnocentric regisTry (CAMELOT) in case of (i) clinical diagnosis of CNO, (ii) the fulfilment of diagnostic/classification criteria, (iii) at least one medical visit at our institution between June 2004 and June 2024, and (iv) a follow-up of at least 3 months.

Results

Fifty-one patients were included in the CAMELO

SUBMITTER: Chighizola CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12534819 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature