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Bilateral mandibular osteomyelitis mimicking periapical cysts in a patient with sickle cell anemia

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a hemoglobin disorder that occurs more commonly among Afro-descendants. The authors report the case of a 28-year-old Afro-descendent male patient with the diagnosis of homozygotic sickle cell disease (SCD) referred for evaluation of mandibular lesions. The patient’s main...

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Autores principales: Araújo, Juliane Pirágine, Cadavid, Ana Maria Hoyos, Lemos, Celso Augusto, Trierveiler, Marilia, Alves, Fabio Abreu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26558249
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2015.013