Osteopetrosis: presenting as maxillary osteomyelitis.

Osteopetrosis: presenting as maxillary osteomyelitis. Trop Doct. 2019 Mar 21;:49475519833548 Authors: Gupta S, Kumar R, Agrawal A Abstract Osteopetrosis is a rare congenital disease presenting with recurrent fractures, hematopoietic insufficiency and hepatosplenomegaly. Though osteomyelitis is a known complication in osteopetrosis, osteopetrosis presenting as osteomyelitis is rare. Management consists of multidisciplinary approach for complications and bone marrow transplant for the infantile form of disease. PMID: 30895884 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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