Osteomyelitis of Maxilla: A Rare Finding from a Radiologist Point of View

Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory process of both cortical and medullary bone. In the maxillofacial skeleton, it can be seen more commonly in mandible as compared to the maxilla. Here, we present a rare case of osteomyelitis involving the entire maxillae in a 55-year-old male patient highlighting the...

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Autores principales: Sadaksharam, Jayachandran, Murugesan, Manikandan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32308308
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ccd.ccd_566_18
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description Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory process of both cortical and medullary bone. In the maxillofacial skeleton, it can be seen more commonly in mandible as compared to the maxilla. Here, we present a rare case of osteomyelitis involving the entire maxillae in a 55-year-old male patient highlighting the clinical findings and radiographic features with treatment modalities.
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spelling pubmed-71452562020-04-17 Osteomyelitis of Maxilla: A Rare Finding from a Radiologist Point of View Sadaksharam, Jayachandran Murugesan, Manikandan Contemp Clin Dent Case Report Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory process of both cortical and medullary bone. In the maxillofacial skeleton, it can be seen more commonly in mandible as compared to the maxilla. Here, we present a rare case of osteomyelitis involving the entire maxillae in a 55-year-old male patient highlighting the clinical findings and radiographic features with treatment modalities. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC7145256/ /pubmed/32308308 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ccd.ccd_566_18 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Contemporary Clinical Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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