Journal of Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 4

Tubercular osteomyelitis of the mandible-A case report

  • Author:
  • Arush Thakur1,, Jagdish Vishnu Tupkari2, Kavita R Wadde3, Monali Patil4, Nazmul Alam5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 226 to 228

1Assitant Professor, Dept. of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

2Professor & HOD, Dept. of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

3Assocaiate Professor, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

4Assitant Professor, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

5Post Graduate Student, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author: Email: arushthakur.medico@gmail.com

Online published on 3 April, 2018.

Abstract

Tuberculosis of jaw is an extremely rare condition, particularly in comparison to pulmonary tuberculosis. It is a diagnostic enigma, as the characteristic signs and symptoms of this disease may be absent, or sometimes radiographically can be mistaken for more common jaw lesion such as odontogenic cyst and tumors leading to therapeutic delay. Hereby, we report a case of mandibular swelling in 17 years old female which on incisional biopsy came out to be tuberculous osteomyelitis. Patient was referred to higher centre where anti-tubercular treatment (ATT) was started.

Keywords

Tuberculosis, Mandible, Osteomyelitis