[Pathological fracture of the mandible: a report of a clinical case treated with clodronate].

Abstract

Oral squamous cell carcinoma often invades the mandible. However, the incidence of pathological fractures of the maxillofacial bones is low and their treatment is rarely satisfactory. A patient, too weak to undergo surgery, affected by squamous cell carcinoma of the mandibular region with bone involvement and pathological fracture of the mandible, underwent chemotherapy with carboplatin associated with diphosphonate.

• Authors: L Califano, A Zupi, P Maremonti, F Longo, G M Mangone, A Marinelli
• Journal: Il Giornale di chirurgia (G Chir) 1999 Jun-Jul Vol. 20 Issue 6-7 Pg. 307-9 ISSN: 0391-9005 [Print] Italy
• Vernacular Title: Frattura patologica della mandibola: descrizione di un caso clinico trattato con clodronato.
• PMID: 10390927 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Clodronic Acid

Topics

• Aged
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (therapeutic use)
• Biopsy, Needle
• Carcinoma, Squamous Cell (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Clodronic Acid (therapeutic use)
• Fractures, Spontaneous (drug therapy, etiology, pathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Mandibular Fractures (drug therapy, etiology, pathology)
• Mandibular Neoplasms (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Neoplasm Staging