Saurabh Kamat1, Kannan Sankar1, Natt Janakiraman Eswari1, Vikas Gahlawat1, Bernard Nithin Joseph Jude2, Anjna Negi1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India.
2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India.
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.160043
ABSTRACT
Pycnodysostosis is a rare sclerosing bone disorder characterized by short stature, brachycephaly, short/stubby fingers, open cranial sutures/fontanelle, and diffuse osteosclerosis, where multiple fractures of long bones and osteomyelitis of the jaw are common complications. We present a rare case of pycnodysostosis with chronic suppurative osteomyelitis of the mandible in a 36-year-old woman; which was nonsurgically managed by a conservative approach involving a novel protocol referred to as intra-lesional antibiotic therapy.
Keywords: Antibiotic, conservative management, mandible, osteomyelitis, pycnodysostosis.