Authors experienced Garre's osteomyelitis that showed 24 years male patient who visited the Dental Hospital of College of Dentistry of Dankook University because of right facial asymmetry from recurred swelling in right mandibular angle area.
Because...
Authors experienced Garre's osteomyelitis that showed 24 years male patient who visited the Dental Hospital of College of Dentistry of Dankook University because of right facial asymmetry from recurred swelling in right mandibular angle area.
Because we thought that this case was rare, we examined the clinical, radiological, histopathological features, and discussed the etiologic factors and the pathogenesis of Garre's osteomyelitis through a review of literature.
The results were as followings.
1. In clinical features, 24 years male patient showed right facial asymmetry from recurred swelling in right mandibular angle area.
2. In radiographic features, slight periosteal bone formation in right mandibular angle area was found.
3. In histopathologic features, parallel trabecular orientation that occurred perpendicular to the cortex was associated with medullary trabecular in the back ground of hemorragic loose connective tissue with lymphocytes and plasma cells. Many lamellated trabecular lined by active osteoblast cells were found. In other area, empty lacunae in trabecular were observed.
4. We considered the etiologic focus to be a low grade infection from prolonged infection right 1st mandibular molar.