Maxillary osteomyelitis secondary to osteopetrosis

Maxillary osteomyelitis secondary to osteopetrosis

A 41-year-old Japanese woman complained of a gradually enlarging swelling of her left cheek for seven months. She was diagnosed with osteopetrosis by standard skeletal radiographs, and her cheek swelling was diagnosed as maxillary osteomyelitis secondary to osteopetrosis. She underwent a left partia...

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Veröffentlicht in:Rhinology 1996-12, Vol.34 (4), p.242-244
Hauptverfasser: Hanada, T, Furuta, S, Moriyama, I, Hanamure, Y, Miyanohara, T, Ohyama, M
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Female
Humans
Maxilla - pathology
Maxilla - surgery
Osteomyelitis - diagnostic imaging
Osteomyelitis - etiology
Osteomyelitis - therapy
Osteopetrosis - complications
Osteopetrosis - diagnostic imaging
Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:A 41-year-old Japanese woman complained of a gradually enlarging swelling of her left cheek for seven months. She was diagnosed with osteopetrosis by standard skeletal radiographs, and her cheek swelling was diagnosed as maxillary osteomyelitis secondary to osteopetrosis. She underwent a left partial maxillectomy, and her post-operative course was stable with no complications. A literature review is also presented.
ISSN:0300-0729