Open AccessMedication‐related osteonecrosis of the jaws caused lethal sepsis in an edentulous patient with multiple systemic factors
Author(s) -
Yamashiro Keisuke,
Sato Aki,
Okazaki Fumihiko,
Nakano Makoto,
Sawaki Koichi,
Hirata Yasuhisa,
Yamachika Eiki,
Iida Seiji,
Takashiba Shogo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.751
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , osteonecrosis of the jaw , pneumonia , diabetes mellitus , cirrhosis , bisphosphonate , osteoporosis , surgery , intensive care medicine , endocrinology
Key Clinical Message Medication‐related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is developed even in the patients who are edentulous and treated with short‐term bisphosphonate therapy and oral administration. It sometimes causes lethal sepsis in patients who have multiple health problems such as diabetes, cirrhosis, steroid use for interstitial pneumonia, sepsis, and spinal disk herniation.