ea0029p161 | Bone & Osteoporosis | ICEECE2012
Chaudhari S.
, Patibandla K.
, Maritato M.
, Bahtiyar G.
, Sacerdote A.
Patient, methods and case report: A 50-years-old AAF with a PMH of multiple myeloma (MM), hypertension, and schizophrenia presented with jaw pain for 2 months. The patient had been diagnosed with MM for 10 years and had been treated with thalidomide and IV zoledronic acid for 1 year. CT scan of facial bone was consistent with osteonecrosis of the jaw with possible, superimposed osteomyelitis. Jaw biopsy revealed necrosis with a fistulous tract and filamentous organism consiste...