Bilateral fracture of the mandible in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Case report.
The development of osteolytic bone lesions in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is extremely rare and has not been reported to involve the mandible. A case of bilateral pathologic fracture of the mandible extensively involved with multiple bony deposits of CLL is reported.
Wright
G W
GW
Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Wiesenfeld
D
D
Seymour
J F
JF
D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015448:Leukemia, B-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000209:etiology*