title: [Unusual case of hypercondensing malignant osteodysplasty: osteopetrosis].
abstract: Osteopetrosis, known also as Albers-Schonberg disease, is a genetic disorder causing a generalized sclerosis of the bones and the reduction of the marrow. The diagnosis is often secondary to pathologic processes and its usually observed through specific X-ray researches. The principal cause of osteopetrosis is to attribute to a deficit of bone resorption and remodelling. Osteomyelitis is a complication of osteopetrosis. The purpose of this article is based on several point: 1) to know the cause of osteopetrosis, then to classify and check it; 2) to present the case who did not respond to of a patient with osteopetrosis complicated by maxillary and phalanx osteomyelitis common therapies and give an accurate analysis.
authors.affiliation: Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dipartimento Assistenziale di Patologia della Testa e del Collo, Orale e Maxillo-Facciale, Cattedra di Pedodonzia Chirurgica, II Università degli Studi, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giudice
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amodio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giudice
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*