{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Recurrent chronic suppurative osteomyelitis in the maxilla of a patient with diabetes mellitus and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
{Author}: de Mello CH;Barbosa J;Cortezzi EBA;Janini MER;Tenório JR;
{Journal}: Spec Care Dentist
{Volume}: 43
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: Jan 2023
暂无{DOI}: 10.1111/scd.12729
{Abstract}: <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>To report the case of chronic osteomyelitis of a maxilla in a woman with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and mental illness, in an attempt to clarify its pathogenesis and treatment.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>A case of a woman with moderate G6PD deficiency (Class III) who developed bilateral and asynchronous chronic suppurative osteomyelitis (CSO) of her maxilla with extensive bone sequestra, fistulae and whose management was performed by local surgery for bony sequestra and fistulae removal; closure communication under 4 weeks antibiotic cover.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>CSO of the jaw may be a complication of the G6PD deficiency and DM and its severity depends on patient's medical status.