Probable BCG osteomyelitis of the hard palate: a case report

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1996 Apr;25(2):145-6. doi: 10.1016/s0901-5027(96)80061-0.

Abstract

A 4-year-old child with probable multifocal BCG osteomyelitis is reported. The lesions in the skull, clavicula, humerus, ribs, fibula, calcaneus, metatarsus, and hard palate were mainly osteolytic and healed rapidly with antituberculotic therapy. This is the first time that involvement of the hard palate has been described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Isoniazid / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology*
  • Palate / microbiology*
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Tuberculosis, Oral / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Oral / etiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / etiology*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • BCG Vaccine
  • Isoniazid
  • Rifampin