Primary tubercular osteomyelitis of mandible: Rare presentation of a common disease.

ABSTRACT

Summary: Secondary tuberculosis of mandible is an uncommon complication of primary tuberculosis elsewhere in the body, most frequently, in the lungs. Primary tuberculosis of the mandible is a very rare entity, of which only eight cases have been reported in literature till date. A case of primary tuberculosis of mandible in a 9-year-old girl is presented here.