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Showing clinical, radiological, and histological features of mandibular osteomyelitis due to mucormycosis. (a) Denuded avascular bone 36 to 32; (b) and (c) CT scan showing osteolysis of buccal and lingual cortices, loss of trabecular bone pattern, evidence of sequestra, and extent of mandibular involvement crossing midline; (d) photomicrograph showing broad fungal hyphae (black arrow) (Hematoxylin-Eosin stain, original magnification x200).
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CT scan of mandible revealed an osteolytic lesion involving buccal and lingual cortices, loss of trabecular pattern of medullary bone, and multiple small air loculi with evidence of involucrum and sequestrum formation extending from left angle crossing midline and involving the body on the right side (Figure 1). 