| Autor: |
Kurup S; Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Amrita School of Dentistry, AIMS Campus, Ponekkara, Kochi- 682041, India; Tel: +91-9995504580; e-mail: sku9_2000@yahoo.com., Jose R, Chandy ML |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Oral health and dental management [Oral Health Dent Manag] 2014 Sep; Vol. 13 (3), pp. 821-5. |
| Abstrakt: |
Advances in radiology have helped in early diagnosis, surveillance and proper management of disease processes. SPECT scintigraphy is an imaging modality that helps in the detection & diagnosis of facial & skull osteomyelitis and is also useful for detecting silent lesions. Pentoxifylline-tocopherol together helps in faster healing of diseased bone. Pentoxifylline reduces blood viscosity and thus improves microcirculation. Tocopherol has a synergistic action with pentoxifylline and increases the oxygenation of tissues. Here, a case of chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, involving the mandible and occipital bone is presented which was diagnosed with conventional radiographs and gallium 67 bones SPECT. Simultaneous treatment with pentoxifylline-tocopherol and antibiotics relieved the patient's symptoms. |
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MEDLINE |
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