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Table 3 Radiographic and Histologic Features of BRONJ Lesions in Patients with RA

From: Epidemiological aspects of rheumatoid arthritis patients affected by oral bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws

Authors

Radiographic features

Histologic features

Marunick et al. [4]

  

Patient 1

Osteolysis + sequestration

Dense nonvital bone + subacutely inflamed granulation tissue + bacterial colonies

Yarom et al. [6]

  

Patient 2

ID

CLP inflammatory infiltrate + increased vascularity + necrotic bone + bacterial colonies (S. milleri)

Patient 3

ID

CLP inflammatory infiltrate + increased vascularity + necrotic bone + bacterial colonies (S. viridans)

Malden & Pai [7]

  

Patient 4

Thickening of the left sinus floor and bone density alteration (suggestion of a retained root in the upper left second PM)

Sclerotic and necrotic bone

Khamaisi et al. [8]

  

Patient 5

NA

NA

Marx et al. [9]

  

Patient 6

NA

NA

Patient 7

NA

NA

Patient 8

NA

NA

Hamada [10]

  

Patient 9

NA

NA

Barrow [11]

  

Patient 10

Widening of the PLS

NA

Junquera et al. [12]

  

Patient 12a

Generalized lytic pattern of bone destruction with superimposed sclerosis of the mandibular ramus

Necrotic osteitis + mixed infiltrate of lymphocytes and granulocytes + medular fibrosis + numerous Actinomyces colonies

Patient 12b

  

Mehanna et al. [13]

  

Patient 13

Marked right neck collection with free gas and midline shift

Normal skin flora with scanty diphtheroids

Favia et al. [14]

  

Patient 14a

ID

NA

Patient 14b

ID

NA

Kwon et al. [15]

  

Patient 15

Osteomyelitis characteristics

NA

Sedghizadeh et al. [16]

  

Patient 16

Ill-defined lytic lesion

NA

Lo et al. [17]

  

Patient 17

Sequestration osteosclerosis, focal osteolysis with cortical disruption

Actinomyces

Patient 18

Irregular area of bony sclerosis

NA

Shin et al. [18]

  

Patient 19

Alveolar bone resorption with internal scattered residual bone fragments, widening of LPS, and radiolucent lesion

NA

Park et al. [19]

  

Patient 20

Ill-defined lytic lesion

Necrotic bone + acute and chronic non- specific inflammation + granulation formation

Patient 21

Ill-defined lytic lesion

Necrotic bone

Patient 22

Ill-defined lytic lesion, mixed radiolucent and radiopaque lesions

NONE

Manfredi et al.[20]

  

Patient 23

  

Patient 24

NA

NA

Patient 25

  

Patient 26

  

Conte-Neto et al. [21]

  

Patient 27

Radiolucent lesions and sequestration

Necrotic lamellar bone + chronic and acute inflammatory cells + bacterial colonies

Patient 28

Osteosclerosis and osteolysis

NA

  1. ID Impossible to determine, CLP chronic lympho-plasmacytic, NA not available, PLS periodontal ligament space, PM premolar