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Mandibular periostitis

Osteomyelitis (OM) is an infection of bone. Symptoms may include pain in a specific bone with overlying redness, fever, and weakness. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Bone sarcoma
Garré sclerosing osteomyelitis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Metastasis
Mouth cancer
Neuroblastoma
Pyogenic osteomyelitis
Reactive periostitis to adjacent soft tissue infection
 Uncommon
Actinomycosis
Avascular necrosis
Burkitt lymphoma
Caffey disease
Dysproteinemia
Hemangioma
Hypervitaminosis A
Idiopathic mandibular periostitis
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Primary anemia
Scurvy
Sickle cell disease
Syphilis
Thalassemia
Tuberculosis

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