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Bilateral osteomyelitis of the mandible in pycnodysostosis. A case report
1School of Dentistry, University of Benin, Nigeria.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
A dwarf suffering from pycnodysostosis was treated for 2 episodes of chronic osteomyelitis of the mandible occurring at an interval of 6 years. Pycnodysostostis, a variant of osteopetrosis, occurs only in dwarfs and is characterised by increased density of bone which may lead to increased susceptibility to fracture and inflammatory disease.