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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 439-441 |
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Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the mandible: A rare case report
Siddharth Saurabh1, Braj Bhushan Mall2, Rani Somani3, Akanksha Mishra3
1 Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, RKDF Dental college, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UCMS College of Dental Surgery, Bhairahawa, Nepal
3 Department of Pedodontics, DJ Dental College, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Siddharth Saurabh
Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, RKDF Dental College, Bhopal - 462 026, Madhya Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-1363.155645
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When compared to pyogenic infections and neoplastic diseases involving the mandible, tuberculous osteomyelitis of the mandible is extremely rare. Hereby, we are reporting such a type of case in a 15-year-old male, who presented with a draining sinus over the right mandible since 3 months which later proved to be tuberculous osteomyelitis in absence of a primary focus and which responded well to anti-tubercular treatment. |
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