Osteoporotic bone marrow defect

Osteoporotic bone marrow defect: Osteoporotic bone marrow defect is a condition which may be found in the body of the mandible. It is usually painless and found during routine radiographs. It appears as a poorly defined radiolucency (dark area) where there was a previous history of an extraction of a tooth. It may resemble a metastatic disease.

References

Kahn, Michael A. Basic Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. Volume 1. 2001.

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Oral pathology
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