Question 165 · LDEK · Osteomyelitis of the jaws

The complications of bacterial chronic bone inflammation include:

1) soft tissue abscess;
2) renal amyloidosis;
3) TMJ ankylosis;
4) sepsis;
5) malignant transformation into a sarcoma;
6) relapse after nonradical excision of the lesion.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2,3,5.
  2. B. 1,3,5,6.
  3. C. 2,3,4,6.
  4. D. 2,3,5,6.
  5. E. 1,2,5,6.
Hint

Distinguish complications of the acute phase (spread of pus, generalised infection) from consequences of a long-standing, smouldering bone infection.

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