Oral osteomyelitis: pre-AIDS manifestation or strange coincidence?
A bizarre and unexplained localized osteomyelitis was discovered in the mandible of an otherwise apparently healthy 36-year-old man. This strange oral manifestation was followed 2 years later by a diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, which indicated full-blown AIDS. Could osteomyelitis of the mandible be an alarming oral manifestation of AIDS before the disease is manifested in other ways?
Harel-Raviv
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Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, McGill University Montreal Quebec, Canada.
Gorsky
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Lust
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Raviv
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D000328:Adult; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*