title: Primary tuberculous osteomyelitis of zygoma.
abstract: Osteomyelitis of zygomatic bone is rare, and tuberculous osteomyelitis is even rarer. This is the case report of a 3-year-old child presenting with a discharging sinus and swelling on the zygoma, which was initially thought to be orbital cellulitis. After further examination, she was diagnosed as having tuberculosis of zygoma and responded to anti-tubercular chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated L.N. Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India. dr_sethi@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sareen
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bansal
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D015050:Zygoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology