Two phenotypes of chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis with different patterns of bone involvement.

Introduction: Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO) is an autoinflammatory bone disorder with predominantly paediatric onset. Children present with multifocal osteolytic lesions accompanied by bone pain and soft tissue swelling. Patients often exhibit extraosseous co-morbidities such as psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, and arthritis.

[Primary malignant bone tumors in children possibilities of limb-saving surgery using allografts].

Therapy of primary malignant bone tumors is always multimodal and requires close cooperation of oncologist, orthopedic surgeon, radiologist and others. In our article, we provide a brief overview of the most common malignant bone tumors in pediatric patients and summarize the commonly used therapeutic procedures. Despite advances in cancer treatment radical surgical resection of the tumor is still necessary.