Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mandibular osteomyelitis in osteopetrosis.
A patient was successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen for chronic osteomyelitis of the mandible associated with osteopetrosis. This mode of therapy appears to have a definite place in the management of such patients. There was no clinical, radiographic, or laboratory evidence that the osteopetrosis was made worse by the hyperbaric oxygen.
D005260:Female; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects