A case of acute clival osteomyelitis in a 7-year-old boy secondary to infection of a Thornwaldt cyst

Yasmine Benadjaoud (1) , Nathalie Klopp-Dutote (2, 3) , Morgane Choquet (1) , Elodie Brunel (1) , Raphael Guiheneuf (4) , Cyril Page (2, 5)

1 UPJV - Université de Picardie Jules Verne
2 CHU Amiens-Picardie
3 CHIMERE - CHirurgie, IMagerie et REgénération tissulaire de l’extrémité céphalique - Caractérisation morphologique et fonctionnelle - UR UPJV 7516
4 Centre Hospitalier Simone Veil de Beauvais [Beauvais]
5 AGIR - Agents infectieux, résistance et chimiothérapie - UR UPJV 4294

Clival osteomyelitis is a potentially life-threatening infection that can occur in healthy children. It can be related to congenital anomalies. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy with Streptococcus intermedius and Fusobacterium clival osteomyelitis arising from a Thornwaldt cyst situated in a fossa navicularis magna of the occipital bone. Multidisciplinary management is necessary to ensure rapid improvement and complete healing. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Yasmine Benadjaoud, Nathalie Klopp-Dutote, Morgane Choquet, Elodie Brunel, Raphael Guiheneuf, et al.. A case of acute clival osteomyelitis in a 7-year-old boy secondary to infection of a Thornwaldt cyst. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2017, 95, pp.87-90. ⟨10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.02.008⟩. ⟨hal-03593490⟩