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Tuberculosis of the mandible in a child
P Kothari1, L Bartella, J Carter
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, UK.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|October 9, 1998
Abstract:
The incidence of notification of tuberculosis is increasing in the developed world. The disease has a variable mode of presentation and therefore diagnosis is not easy. We present an unusual case of tuberculosis involving the ramus of the mandible in a six-year-old boy and outline its management.