title: Infantile malignant osteopetrosis: report of 2 cases with osteomyelitis of the jaws.
abstract: Infantile malignant osteopetrosis (IMO) is an uncommon autosomal recessive disease characterized by dense, brittle, sclerotic, radiopaque bones, which generally results in neurological and hematological abnormalities. In general, IMO is fatal, as patients fail to grow and expire  due to complications of the disease such as severe chronic anemia, bleeding, and/or infections. In children with IMO, the development of the dentition is seriously disturbed. Patients with infantile osteopetrosis have a variety of signs and symptoms, including osteomyelitis of the jaws, which  frequently and generally resists treatment. Infections may eventually become lethal; hence, jaw infection control is an important aspect of the disease for dentists and oral surgeons to consider. The purpose of this case report was to present 2 rare cases of pediatric patients (one of them  died due to respiratory failure at 10 years old) diagnosed with osteopetrosis complicated by osteomyelitis of the jaw.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. aercansekerci@hotmail.com
authors: Ahmet Ercan
authors: AE
authors: Sekerci
authors: Yildiray
authors: Y
authors: Sisman
authors: Elif Tarim
authors: ET
authors: Ertas
authors: Halil
authors: H
authors: Sahman
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Aydinbelge
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic