A CASE OF NEW-BORN INFANT OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE MAXILLA

CT AS A USEFUL TOOL OF DIAGNOSIS

Abstract

The authors report a 10-year-old infant with osteomyelitis of the maxillary bone, where computed tomography was very useful in diagnosis, determining the type and time of surgery, and in observation of the postoperative course.
Although osteomyelitis of the maxillary bone in new-born infants has once been a life threatening disease, it can now be controlled and treated adequately with surgery and chemotherapy through accurate evaluation of thedisease using computed tomography.