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Review
. 2010 Nov;110(5):e37-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.04.026. Epub 2010 Aug 6.

Unusual oral complications of herpes zoster infection: report of a case and review of literature

Manoj Kumar Jain  1 , K S Manjunath, S N Jagadish
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Review

Unusual oral complications of herpes zoster infection: report of a case and review of literature

Manoj Kumar Jain et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2010 Nov.

Abstract

A case of herpes zoster infection with unusual oral complications involving the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve is presented. The post-herpetic complications of osteonecrosis, spontaneous exfoliation of teeth, and subsequent pathologic fracture of mandible in the absence of concurrent predisposing factors in a 65-year-old man are demonstrated. Forty-one cases with osteonecrosis and spontaneous exfoliation of teeth previously presented in the literature are reviewed. This is the first report of pathologic fracture after herpes zoster infection.

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