A case of chronic granulomatous craniofacial osteomyelitis

We present the clinical image of a 56-year old male who presented with chronic multiple craniofacial discharging sinuses with lytic, sclerotic destruction of facial bones on radiology causing gross facial deformity. He remained undiagnosed for years. The diagnosis was clinched on histopathology as a...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Vidhu, Kaushal, Darwin, Elhence, Poonam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.01.012
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description We present the clinical image of a 56-year old male who presented with chronic multiple craniofacial discharging sinuses with lytic, sclerotic destruction of facial bones on radiology causing gross facial deformity. He remained undiagnosed for years. The diagnosis was clinched on histopathology as a chronic granulomatous osteomyelitis showing Actinomyces.
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spelling pubmed-60109232018-06-25 A case of chronic granulomatous craniofacial osteomyelitis Sharma, Vidhu Kaushal, Darwin Elhence, Poonam IDCases Article We present the clinical image of a 56-year old male who presented with chronic multiple craniofacial discharging sinuses with lytic, sclerotic destruction of facial bones on radiology causing gross facial deformity. He remained undiagnosed for years. The diagnosis was clinched on histopathology as a chronic granulomatous osteomyelitis showing Actinomyces. Elsevier 2018-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6010923/ /pubmed/29942784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.01.012 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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