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An unusual form of Actinomycosis of the mandible with a resultant gross sequester in a 4-year-old child: a case report

  • Melahat Ogutcen-Toller1,*,
  • Alper Alkan1
  • Sancar Baris2
  • Nilufer Cakir1

1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Faculty of Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey

2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.25.3.j38j7n61676104t5 Vol.25,Issue 3,July 2001 pp.237-239

Published: 01 July 2001

*Corresponding Author(s): Melahat Ogutcen-Toller E-mail: XXX

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Abstract

Mandibular osteomyelitis due to Actinomyces group is considered rare in the pediatric population.

The initial complaint of the 4-year-old child described here was increased swelling of his cheek and

pain. The patient was managed successfully by surgical treatment with antibiotic therapy.


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Melahat Ogutcen-Toller,Alper Alkan,Sancar Baris,Nilufer Cakir. An unusual form of Actinomycosis of the mandible with a resultant gross sequester in a 4-year-old child: a case report. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2001. 25(3);237-239.

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