Medication-related osteonecrosis in torus palatinus: Report of a case and literature review

Spec Care Dentist. 2024 Jan-Feb;44(1):136-142. doi: 10.1111/scd.12862. Epub 2023 Apr 13.

Abstract

Background: Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw bones have been frequently reported. However, its occurrence in torus palatinus is very rare with only 10 cases published in the English-language literature.

Case report: We describe an additional case in a 79-year-old woman, who was referred for evaluation of a painful swelling with areas of suppuration on the hard palate.

Conclusion: Conservative treatment was performed and after spontaneous sequestrectomy, total healing was achieved.

Keywords: medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw; osteonecrosis; torus palatinus.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Exostoses*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Osteonecrosis* / chemically induced
  • Palate, Hard