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KMID : 0355620040300030251
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Journal of Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
2004 Volume.30 No. 3 p.251 ~ p.254
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Osteomyelitis occuring in the zygoma caused by odontogenic maxillary sinusitis - Case report
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강희제/Kang HJ
이정훈/김용덕/변준호/신상후/김욱규/정인교/Lee JH/Kim YD/Byun JH/Shin SH/Kim UK/Jung IK
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Abstract
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Osteomyelitis is the inflammatory disease occured in the bone, involving a bone marrow, a Harversian system and the underlying cortical bone. Osteomyelitis is divided into acute and chronic osteomyelitis. Chronic osteomyelitis. is presented as a pain, swelling, pus discharge and radiographic change. The pathogenesis of osteomyelitis occcuring in the facial bone is predominately due to odontogenic microorgarnisms, Staphylococcus, resulted in odontogenic infection or post-traumatic infection. The mandible is the most commonly involved facial bone and the bones in the middle of third of the face is rare because of a abundant blood supply. Moreover, Osteomyelitis occuring in the zygoma is extremely rare. In our department, we report the case that osteomyelitis occuring in the zygoma with diabetes is resulted by odontogenic maxillary sinusitis.
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