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KMID : 0360119920140040269
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons
1992 Volume.14 No. 4 p.269 ~ p.274
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Osteomyelitis of the mandible associated with osteopetrosis
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Abstract
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Osteopetrosis is a rare skeletal disease of unknown etiology. Osteomyelitic changes in the jaw bons are frequently seen in this disease, especially in the mandible and may follow upon tooth extraction. A case is reported of a 31-year-old male who
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seen because of intraorally exposed bony spicule and chronic dull pain. Radiographic and haematological investigations led to the diagnosis of osteopetrosis with osteomyelitis. The striking radiologic findings were pathologic mandibular fracture
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generalized skeletal thickening. The present case could be grouped under the beingn form, type II osteopetrosis. With the conservative and minimally invasive modes of treatment including administration of penicillin G sodium, curettage and closed
reduction, we could successfully manage the osteomyelitis and pathologic fracture associated osteopetrosis.
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