Maxillomandibular osteomyelitis in osteopetrosis. Report of a case and review of the literature.
BACKGROUND
Osteopetrosis is a rare hereditary group of bony displasias. They range from a devastating metabolic disease (including severe malignant infantile osteopetrosis) to other conditions with a more benign phenotype (autosomal dominant osteopetrosis I and II).


METHODS
Several case reports have been published of infectious complications affecting the mandible but maxillary affectation is quite rare. We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with a malignant recessive form of osteopetrosis complicated by repeated episodes of osteomyelitis (caused by actinomyces) of the mandible and maxilla.
Vázquez
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
López-Arcas
J M
JM
Navarro
I
I
Pingarrón
L
L
Cebrián
J L
JL
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult