Bilateral osteoporotic bone marrow defects of the mandible: a case report


Autoria(s): Calderón, Diego Mauricio Bravo; Oliveira, Denise Tostes; Martins dos Santos, Wagner Humberto 
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

14/10/2013

14/10/2013

2012

Resumo

Osteoporotic bone marrow defect of the jaws has been reported as a poorly demarcated radiolucency that affect mainly posterior mandible of middle-aged woman. The incidence of this condition is not exactly established and its pathogenesis remains unknown. An additional unusual case of osteoporotic bone marrow defects occurring bilaterally in the mandibular edentulous regions of a 32-year-old white woman is presented reinforcing its diagnostic criteria and histopathological findings.

Identificador

Head & Face Medicine. 2012 Aug 08;8(1):22

1746-160X

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/34861

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-8-22

10.1186/1746-160X-8-22

http://www.head-face-med.com/content/8/1/22

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eng

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Head & Face Medicine

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openAccess

Bravo-Calderón et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. - This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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article