The use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in actinomycotic osteomyelitis associated florid cemento osseous dysplasia: report of a familial case.

2010

Florid Cemento-Osseous Dysplasia (FCOD) is a well recognized fibro-osseous disease of the jaws commonly seen in the middle aged African women, although it may occur in the Caucasians and Asians. There is a reported incidence of less than 2% in the Indian population. The clinical and the radiographic features of FCOD may overlap with features of chronic diffuse scle-rosing osteomyelitis, which makes diagnosis of the disease difficult in symptomatic cases. Moreover the jaws may be susceptible to osteomyelitis, which may mask the underlying FCOD in some cases. The case reported here is that of a 56 year old Indian female patient with long standing FCOD invol-ving the maxilla and the mandible, …