Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw presenting as a cutaneous dental sinus tract: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 672-676

  Truong, Sam V ^a   Chang, Linda C ^a   Berger, Timothy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLINDAMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DENTAL SINUS TRACT; SKIN METASTASIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; JAW DISEASES; OSTEONECROSIS; PERIAPICAL DISEASES;

EID: 77949267168     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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