Open AccessOsteomyelitis of zygoma secondary to depressed fracture of parietal bone: Case report of a rare entity
Author(s) -
Rangila Ram
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.196138
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , medullary cavity , parietal bone , zygomatic bone , bone fracture , surgery , anatomy , radiology , skull
Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory condition of bone involving the medullary cavity, the Haversian system, and the adjacent cortex. According to literature review osteomyelitis of zygomatic bone secondary to the depressed fracture of the parietal bone never reported. Here we report a case of osteomyelitis of zygomatic bone which develops 3 month after the depressed fracture of parietal bone.