title: Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the mandible with pathologic fracture.
abstract: A case of disseminated miliary tuberculosis with a lesion of the left side of the mandible leading to pathologic fracture has been presented. The primary medications and the basic principles of treatment have been reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications*