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Mandibular osteomyelitis in a patient with sickle cell anemia: report of case
L L Patton1, J S Brahim, W D Travis
1Department of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolins, School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill 27599-7450.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case is presented in which mandibular osteomyelitis and mental nerve paresthesia developed in a patient with sickle cell anemia. This infection appeared to precipitate a sickle cell crisis. The mechanisms for these patients' propensity to infection and the diagnosis and management of sickle cell osteomyelitis of the jaws are discussed.