%0 Journal Article
%T Osteopetrosis: presenting as maxillary osteomyelitis
%A Archana Agrawal
%A Ruchika Kumar
%A Sourabh Gupta
%J Tropical Doctor
%@ 1758-1133
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0049475519833548
%X Osteopetrosis is a rare congenital disease presenting with recurrent fractures, hematopoietic insufficiency and hepatosplenomegaly. Though osteomyelitis is a known complication in osteopetrosis, osteopetrosis presenting as osteomyelitis is rare. Management consists of multidisciplinary approach for complications and bone marrow transplant for the infantile form of disease
%K Hereditary disease
%K genetics
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0049475519833548