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Osteomyelitis of the jaws in pycnodysostosis
J P van Merkesteyn1, J Bras, J I Vermeeren
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Pycnodysostosis is a rare sclerosing bone disorder in which osteomyelitis of the jaws is a frequent complication. Treatment of osteomyelitis of the jaws in pycnodysostosis is difficult and may lead to large resections. A review of the literature and 3 new cases in which osteomyelitis was successfully treated by a combined surgical and antibiotic approach, are reported.