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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 26
| Issue : 7 | Page : 125-128 |
Osteomyelitis in infantile osteopetrosis: A case report with review of literature
RK Roopashri1, R Gopakumar1, BG Subhas2
1 Mahathma Gandhi Dental College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
R K Roopashri
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore-575 018
India
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PMID: 19127031 
Osteopetrosis is a rare genetic disorder that causes generalized sclerosis of bone due to a defect in bone resorption and remodeling. Dental abnormality may be attributed to pathological changes in bone remodeling. Osteomyelitis is well documented as a complication of osteopetrosis. This disease can be severe and difficult to treat in the osteopetrotic patient. This is a case of 10-year-old girl previously diagnosed as suffering from osteopetrosis and presenting with the complaint of swelling of jaw with extra-oral draining sinus.
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