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case_images: Clinical photograph of the patient on the first presentation with left-sided facial swelling
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case_images: She had a firm tender swelling extending from the left preauricular region to the lower border of the mandible, with no obvious collection [Figure 1].
case_images: Axial slice of the CT scan on the first presentation showing breach through the buccal cortex of the upper left third molar. Evidence of collection in the infratemporal space with masseteric hypertrophy
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case_images: Computed tomography (CT) showed a large retro-maxillary collection, extending into the infratemporal fossa, from the upper left third molar extraction site [Figure 2].
case_images: Axial view of a T2 MRI scan with contrast showing the condyle with erosive pitting, reinforcing condylar osteomyelitis as a diagnosis
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case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the provisional diagnosis of condylar osteomyelitis in the left head, condyle, and ramus of the mandible [Figure 3].