Open AccessTuberculous osteomyelitis of mandibular condyle: A rare encounter
Author(s) -
Sanjay Kumar,
S Mohan,
Rupali Lav,
Bobby John
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.183859
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , osteomyelitis , condyle , incidence (geometry) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , dermatology , surgery , dentistry , intensive care medicine , pathology , physics , optics
Tuberculosis (TB), one of the oldest known microbial infectious diseases affecting humans has continued to burden our healthcare system over generations. Conventionally, primary TB usually manifests as a pulmonary infection. However, the last decade has witnessed increasing reports of extrapulmonary infections. It's often atypical clinical presentations require a high degree of clinical suspicion, especially in the developing countries with a high incidence of this infectious disease. In this report, we present one such case of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the mandibular condyle where the patient reported with the complaint of swelling on the left side of the face with no apparent systemic manifestation.