[Chronic diffuse osteomyelitis of the mandible. Apropos of a case]

E Lemière; J M Maes; G Raoul; F Caprioli; B Ruhin; J Ferri

[Chronic diffuse osteomyelitis of the mandible. Apropos of a case]

Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac. 2000 Dec;101(6):330-5.

[Article in French]

Authors

E Lemière¹, J M Maes, G Raoul, F Caprioli, B Ruhin, J Ferri

Affiliation

¹ Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et Stomatologie, Hopital Roger Salengro, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille.

PMID: 11242773

Abstract

The incidence of osteomyelitis of the jaw has declined. Outcome is favorable with antibiotic therapy and surgery. We report a case in a women who experienced an unfavorable course with massive progressive diffusion, complicated by neoplastic conversion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / etiology
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mandibular Diseases / complications*
Mandibular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Mandibular Diseases / pathology
Mandibular Neoplasms / etiology
Middle Aged
Osteomyelitis / complications*
Osteomyelitis / diagnostic imaging
Osteomyelitis / pathology
Radiography