Case Report

Primary Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Jaws in Children: An Update on Pathophysiology, Radiological Findings, Treatment Strategies, and Prospective Analysis of Two Cases

Table 1

Demographic and clinical outcome.

Studies
PCO
NoSymptomsSite of origin (number)Gender
M/F
Age of onset
Mean/range

Heggie et al., 2003 [33]2Pain, swellingUnilateral mandibular enlargement (2)0M/8F 10,5/7–12
Yamazaki et al., 2007 [65]1 Pain, swelling, and trismusCorpus-ramus mandibulae (1)1M/0F 9
Lentrodt et al., 2007 [20]3Pain, swellingHemimandible (3)1M/2F 11,5/10–13
Bevin et al., 2008 [37] 4Pain, swellingHemimandible (4)0M/4F 25/13–52
Theologie-Lygidakis et al., 2011 [14] 5 Pain, swelling, trismus, and lymphadenopathyAngulus-ramus mandibulae (2) 
Corpus-angulus mandibulae (2) 
Maxilla and zygoma complex (1)
1M/4F 7/3–9
Obel et al., 2013 [36]3Pain, swelling, and trismusHemimandible (3)1M/2F 9/6–11
Ventin and Eguido, 2006 [67] 1Pain, erythema of skin, and paresthesia of alveolar inferior nerveHemimandible (1)1M/0F 23
Agarwal et al., 2014 [7]1Pain, swelling, and paresthesia of alveolar inferior nerveCorpus mandibulae (1)0M/1F 28
Kanemoto et al., 1992 [68]1Pain, swelling, and trismusCondyle mandibulae (1)1M/0F14
Zemann et al., 2011 [66]1Pain, swelling, and trismusCondyle mandibulae (1)0M/1F51
Berglund, 2015 (The present study)2Pain, swelling, and trismus
Lymphadenopathy
Corpus-condyle (1) 
Angulus-condyle (1)
0M/2F 11,5/11-12
Total246M/18FMean 18.1 years