Osteochemonecrosis after Mandible Reconstruction

Abstract

The article presents a case study of a 56-year-old women who developed a clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma and underwent radical nephrectomy and lymphnode resection in February 2012. A vascularization of the flap and additional bone metastases to the right humerus and the pelvis were discovered during the bone scintigraphy. The patient was diagnosed with osteochemonecrosis after mandible reconstruction. After extraction of bone sequestrum, the patient died from cancer progression.