Bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: A rare case report

Noma is a gangrenous disease of the orofacial region that leads to severe facial tissue destruction and is a significant cause of death among children. With the advent of modern antibiotics and improved nutrition, children with noma may survive into adulthood, but must face the challenge of undergoi...

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Autores principales: Bagewadi, Shivanand B., Awasthi, Ujjwala Rastogi, Mody, Bharat M., Suma, Gundareddy N., Garg, Shruti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26389063
http://dx.doi.org/10.5624/isd.2015.45.3.193
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author Bagewadi, Shivanand B.
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Suma, Gundareddy N.
Garg, Shruti
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description Noma is a gangrenous disease of the orofacial region that leads to severe facial tissue destruction and is a significant cause of death among children. With the advent of modern antibiotics and improved nutrition, children with noma may survive into adulthood, but must face the challenge of undergoing repair of the sequelae of noma. This report describes a case of bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible in a 28-year-old female patient, which was a sequelae of a childhood case of noma.
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spelling pubmed-45740582015-09-18 Bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: A rare case report Bagewadi, Shivanand B. Awasthi, Ujjwala Rastogi Mody, Bharat M. Suma, Gundareddy N. Garg, Shruti Imaging Sci Dent Case Report Noma is a gangrenous disease of the orofacial region that leads to severe facial tissue destruction and is a significant cause of death among children. With the advent of modern antibiotics and improved nutrition, children with noma may survive into adulthood, but must face the challenge of undergoing repair of the sequelae of noma. This report describes a case of bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible in a 28-year-old female patient, which was a sequelae of a childhood case of noma. Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology 2015-09 2015-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4574058/ /pubmed/26389063 http://dx.doi.org/10.5624/isd.2015.45.3.193 Text en Copyright © 2015 by Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bagewadi, Shivanand B.
Awasthi, Ujjwala Rastogi
Mody, Bharat M.
Suma, Gundareddy N.
Garg, Shruti
Bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: A rare case report
title Bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: A rare case report
title_full Bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: A rare case report
title_fullStr Bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: A rare case report
title_short Bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: A rare case report
title_sort bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible as a sequelae of noma: a rare case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26389063
http://dx.doi.org/10.5624/isd.2015.45.3.193
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