PMC4727689_01
CT images. A and B show axial and coronal images, respectively, illustrating osteitic changes and thickening of the left hemimandible (arrows). Incidental note is made of a mucous retention cyst in the left maxillary sinus.
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Bony changes were consistent with findings on the prior CT scan of chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible (Fig. 1).
Gross pathological specimens. Sagittal view of the thickened ramus.
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Figure 2 shows the gross specimen.
Panoramic X-ray image. Five-month follow-up x-ray image shows stability of patient's bony fibular reconstruction.
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Postoperative panoramic x-ray imaging shows stability of the reconstruction at 5 months (Fig. 3).