Tubercular osteomyelitis of the mandible in a young female

Parvaiz A Koul; Umar Hafiz Khan; Rafi Ahmad Jan; Tajamul H Shah; Farhana Bagdadi; Sanaullah Shah

doi:10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.02.002

Tubercular osteomyelitis of the mandible in a young female

Int J Mycobacteriol. 2014 Jun;3(2):155-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

Authors

Parvaiz A Koul¹, Umar Hafiz Khan², Rafi Ahmad Jan², Tajamul H Shah², Farhana Bagdadi², Sanaullah Shah²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, SheriKashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, SheriKashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.

PMID: 26786339
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.02.002

Abstract

A 16-year-old female presented with a 6-month history of a gradually increasing swelling of the left side of her face. A panoramic radiographic view of the mandible showed diffuse radiolucency in the ramus of the mandible with a loss of cortication on the superior and anterior portion of the condyle. The computed tomography (CT) scan revealed destruction of the mandibular bone and a large retromandibular and inferior temporal fossa mass with areas of breakdown. The biopsy was consistent with tubercular osteomyelitis. Antitubercular therapy resulted in a marked reduction of the size of the swelling over a 9-month period.

Keywords: Mandible; Osteomyelitis; Tuberculosis.