Infantile cortical hyperostosis

Caffey disease is an uncommon benign self limiting disease typically presenting in a young infant with fever,irritability and soft tissue swelling. . it can mimic osteomyelitis,scurvy,hypervitaminosis a,bone tumours and child abuse etc. good clinical examination,requisite radiographs & laboratory tests and if necessary biopsy are main clues to the diagnosis. we report case of a two years old female admitted in bahawal victoria hospital with complaints of fever,irritability and bones swelling. © 2016,pakistan pediatric journal. all rights reserved.