title: Bilateral osteoporotic bone marrow defects of the mandible: a case report.
abstract: Osteoporotic bone marrow defect of the jaws has been reported as a poorly demarcated radiolucency that affect mainly posterior mandible of middle-aged woman. The incidence of this condition is not exactly established and its pathogenesis remains unknown. An additional unusual case of osteoporotic bone marrow defects occurring bilaterally in the mandibular edentulous regions of a 32-year-old white woman is presented reinforcing its diagnostic criteria and histopathological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, Area of Pathology, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Alameda Octávio Pinheiro Brisolla, 9–75, Bauru, 17012-901, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diego Mauricio
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bravo-Calderón
authors.forename: Denise Tostes
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Wagner Humberto
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Martins Dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography