Probable BCG osteomyelitis of the hard palate: a case report.
A 4-year-old child with probable multifocal BCG osteomyelitis is reported. The lesions in the skull, clavicula, humerus, ribs, fibula, calcaneus, metatarsus, and hard palate were mainly osteolytic and healed rapidly with antituberculotic therapy. This is the first time that involvement of the hard palate has been described.
Fujimoto
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Department of Oral Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Morishima
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Ueda
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D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010159:Palate / Q000382:microbiology*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin