title: [Mandibular osteomyelitis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis with severe axial and peripheral involvement].
abstract: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects mainly the axial skeletal system, causing pain and functional incapacity. The peripheral joint involvement occurs in 30 to 40% of cases. Osteomyelitis of the mandible was relatively common before the advent of preventive antibiotic therapy and restorative dentistry. Currently, the infection of the facial bones is a rare condition, being the odontogenic infection the most responsible for cases with mandibular involvement. The authors report the case of a EA patient, with severe peripheral involvement, which progressed to osteomyelitis of the jaw, secondary to the odontogenic infection due to delay in diagnosis and treatment.
authors.forename: Daniere Yurie Vieira
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Tomotani
authors.forename: Aryádine Allinne Machado de
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Lorena Penha
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Rebecca Souza
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mubarac
authors.forename: Anne Christine Garcia
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: Sandra Lúcia Euzébio
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*