Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in a patient with multiple myeloma | Zendy

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Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in a patient with multiple myeloma

Author(s) -

Nupur Bhardwaj,

MariappanJonathan Daniel,

SubramanianVasudevan Srinivasan,

VannathanKumaran Jimsha

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 0975-1572

pISSN - 0972-1363

DOI - 10.4103/0972-1363.188766

Subject(s) - medicine , osteonecrosis of the jaw , multiple myeloma , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , maxilla , complication , osteoradionecrosis , surgery , chemotherapy , dentistry , bisphosphonate , radiation therapy , osteoporosis , botany , biology , genus

Osteonecrosis of jaws is a common complication of parenteral nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates and recently medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is contributing to the growing number of similar osteonecrosis cases which involve maxilla and mandible associated with other anti-resorptive and anti-angiogenic therapies. A 70-year-old male patient with multiple myeloma and discontinued chemotherapy reported with non-healing extraction site for past 1 year. He also complained of pus discharge extraorally for past 3 months. This case report describes the imaging findings of multiple myeloma in mandible and MRONJ

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