Bilateral fracture of the mandible in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Case report |
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| Authors: | Graeme W. Wright BDS,David Wiesenfeld MDSc,FDSRCPS,FRACDS,&dagger John F. Seymour MB BS,FRACP,&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | *Registrar, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital.;†Senior Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, The Royal Melbourne Hospital.;‡Assistant Medical Oncologist, Department of Clinical Haematology and Medical Oncology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital. |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
The development of osteolytic bone lesions in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is extremely rare and has not been reported to involve the mandible. A case of bilateral pathologic fracture of the mandible extensively involved with multiple bony deposits of CLL is reported. |
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| Keywords: | Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia pathological fracture case report |
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