title: [Maxillary bone sarcoidosis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sarcoidosis is an unexplained systemic granulomatosis. Bone localizations of the disease are rare. We report a maxillary localization.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 35-year-old patient consulted for facial dysmorphia first observed 2 years before. This swelling was associated to nodular panniculitis lesions and xerostomia. The facial asymmetry was due to maxillary gingival and alveolar swelling. It was associated with scarring in the legs and a purple nodular facial lesion. Lip and jaw biopsies revealed epithelioid and giant cell granulomas without caseous necrosis. The panoramic dental X-ray showed diffuse horizontal alveolar ridge lysis and CT scan revealed an osteolytic lesion of the right maxilla associated to a bone-condensing lesion of the left hemi-mandible.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is made in case of epithelioid and giant cell granulomas without caseous necrosis and the ruling out of other possible diagnoses, including tuberculosis. Bone involvement is rare; face and maxillary localization are extremely rare. The recommended treatment is corticosteroids. Facial remodeling surgery is not recommended.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie et vénéréologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc. nadiaelfares@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: El Fares
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Bouihi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zouhair
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El Kabli
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benchikhi
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005886:Gingival Hypertrophy / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones