Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: October-December | Volume: 5 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 20-25
Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Mandible: An Unusual Clinical Presentation
Ruchita Balkawade1, Adil Gandevivala2, Usha Asnani3, Srivalli Natarajan4, Saloni Shah5
1MDS Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Sector-1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai-410209
2Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Sector – 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai-410209
3Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Sector – 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai-410209
4Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital,
Sector-1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai-410209
5MDS Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Sector-1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai-410209
Corresponding Author: Ruchita Balkawade
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis can affect any part of the body with varying severity; that in the cranio-facial bones is relatively rare. When compared to pyogenic infections and neoplasms affecting the mandible, tuberculous osteomyelitis of the mandible is extremely rare. We report a case of tuberculous osteomyelitis in a 25-year-old female patient who came to us with complaint of pus discharge intraorally from lower left canine region which later proved to be tuberculous osteomyelitis with no primary focus and which responded well to anti-tubercular treatment. One should always suspect mycobacterial infection when dealing with chronic maxillofacial infections not responding to the usual antibiotic course and local debridement.
Keywords: Tuberculous osteomyelitis, mandible, GeneXpert, young adult