title: Periostitis ossificans.
abstract: Mandibular periostitis ossificans was assessed in a 18-year-old black boy. This form of chronic osteomyelitis (Garré osteomyelitis) resulted from a periostitis on the 4.8 in association with an infected and ankylosed 4.7. Clinically a firm swelling of the right mandibular angle was noticeable. The diagnosis was confirmed by computed tomography and biopsy. After extraction of the causative teeth, in combination with an antibiotic treatment, a good evolution was obtained. The possible pathogenesis and the differential diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillo-facial surgery, Free University of Brussels.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: VanDoorne
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soubry
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wackens
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goossens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010522:Periostitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed