Online ISSN: 2582-6387
IP Journal of Surgery and Allied Sciences (JSAS) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2019 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing the article ‘Ahead more...In the maxillofacial area, osteomyelitis generally involves the mandible more commonly than the maxilla. Osteomyelitis of the mandible is often odontogenic in origin. The involvement of site other than the dentate area is very rare. We hereby report a unique case of pathological fracture of coronoid process leading to osteomyelitis following extraction of an infected third molar. It was successfully managed by pre-surgical course of antibiotics followed by resection of the coronoid process and sequestrectomy. Patient followed up for 6months no signs of recurrence.
osteomyelitis,coronoid process,pathological fracture
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