Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaws: Report of four cases and a review of the literature

Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaw bones, particularly in the maxilla, is an extremely rare disease. This report presents two cases of maxillary and two cases of mandibular actinomycosis osteomyelitis, with the diagnosis particularly based on histological procedures. The highly diversified patho...

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Autores principales: Sezer, Bahar, Akdeniz, B. Güniz, Günbay, Sevtap, Hilmioğlu-Polat, Süleyha, Başdemir, Gülçin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30895066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2013.02.031
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author Sezer, Bahar
Akdeniz, B. Güniz
Günbay, Sevtap
Hilmioğlu-Polat, Süleyha
Başdemir, Gülçin
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description Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaw bones, particularly in the maxilla, is an extremely rare disease. This report presents two cases of maxillary and two cases of mandibular actinomycosis osteomyelitis, with the diagnosis particularly based on histological procedures. The highly diversified pathogenicity of the phenomenon and the absence of solid diagnostic criteria are discussed. Laboratory challenges are emphasized, and a comprehensive overview of the entity including treatment alternatives is given along with a review of the relevant literature.
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spelling pubmed-64000812019-03-20 Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaws: Report of four cases and a review of the literature Sezer, Bahar Akdeniz, B. Güniz Günbay, Sevtap Hilmioğlu-Polat, Süleyha Başdemir, Gülçin J Dent Sci Case Report Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaw bones, particularly in the maxilla, is an extremely rare disease. This report presents two cases of maxillary and two cases of mandibular actinomycosis osteomyelitis, with the diagnosis particularly based on histological procedures. The highly diversified pathogenicity of the phenomenon and the absence of solid diagnostic criteria are discussed. Laboratory challenges are emphasized, and a comprehensive overview of the entity including treatment alternatives is given along with a review of the relevant literature. Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China 2017-09 2013-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6400081/ /pubmed/30895066 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2013.02.031 Text en © 2017 Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. 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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Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaws: Report of four cases and a review of the literature
title Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaws: Report of four cases and a review of the literature
title_full Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaws: Report of four cases and a review of the literature
title_fullStr Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaws: Report of four cases and a review of the literature
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title_short Actinomycosis osteomyelitis of the jaws: Report of four cases and a review of the literature
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