Stručni rad
Condensing Osteitis - Case Report
Walter Dukić
Irina Filipović-Zore
Ivona Bago
Sažetak
Condensing osteitis is pathologic growth of the maxillomandibular bones, characterized by mild clinical symptoms. Bone thickening refl ects impaired bone rearrangement in response to the mild infection of dental pulp. This case report describes a patient with extreme bone thickening localized in the left maxilla causing facial asymmetry. Clinical and radiological examination failed to point to defi nitive diagnosis. On differential diagnosis, all bone tissue tumors, cementoma and condensing osteitis with prolonged unsuccessful conservative endodontic treatment of the upper fi rst molar, were considered. A surgical procedure in local anesthesia was preformed in order to remove the pathologically altered bone mass and to extract the tooth that could not have been treated successfully. Histopathologic analysis confi rmed the infl ammatory etiology of the bone lesion. Clinical and radiological follow-up indicated complete healing of the area, with appropriate density and trabeculation of the bone. This case presents as an extreme example of condensing osteitis with major bone lesion, caused by a mild tooth infection.
Ključne riječi
osteitis; infection; jaw; dental pulp
Hrčak ID:
11578
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.6.2006.
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