Exfoliation and simultaneous formation of condylar process following chronic osteomyelitis of the mandible.
A 26-year-old physically challenged man with a history of 7 months' infection and pus discharge was referred to the oral and maxillofacial department. He had undergone right mandibular teeth extraction 1 year ago, which was followed by pus discharge from an extraoral submandibular fistula after 2 months. Again, incision and drainage and wide-spectrum antibiotic were prescribed, which subsided the symptoms for a short period but did not cure the condition. So, sequestrectomy, complete debridements, and antibiotic therapy were planned for him. In the operating room, it was revealed that the sequestrum was the condylar process, and in follow-up cone-beam computed tomography scan, the condyle was being regenerated simultaneously. One-year follow-up showed successful treatment of the condition.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University, MC Tehran, Iran.
Fereydoun
F
Pourdanesh
Mansoureh
M
Mohamadi
Arash
A
Khojasteh
Fatemeh
F
Mashhadiabbas
Masoud
M
Yaghmaei
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D003646:Debridement; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents