09-10-2021-1910 - Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis is a type of chronic osteomyelitis also called periostitis ossificans and Garré's sclerosing osteomyelitis.

Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis is a type of chronic osteomyelitis also called periostitis ossificans and Garré's sclerosing osteomyelitis.

It is a rare disease.^[1] It mainly affects children and young adults.^[2] It is associated with a low grade infection, which may be due to dental caries (cavities in the teeth).^{[citation needed]}

The body of the mandible may show irregular lucent/opaque changes with subperiosteal opaque layering along inferior border. It is a chronic osteomyelitis with subperiosteal bone and collagen deposition. There is no suppuration and sinus formation. It was first described by the Swiss surgeon Carl Garré.^{[citation needed]} 

Bone and joint disease
Bone	Inflammation endocrine: Osteitis fibrosa cystica  Brown tumor infection: Osteomyelitis  Sequestrum Involucrum Sesamoiditis Brodie abscess Periostitis Vertebral osteomyelitis Metabolic Bone density Osteoporosis  Juvenile Osteopenia Osteomalacia Paget's disease of bone Hypophosphatasia Bone resorption Osteolysis Hajdu–Cheney syndrome Ainhum Gorham's disease Other Ischaemia  Avascular necrosis Osteonecrosis of the jaw Complex regional pain syndrome Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy Nonossifying fibroma Pseudarthrosis Stress fracture Fibrous dysplasia  Monostotic Polyostotic Skeletal fluorosis bone cyst  Aneurysmal bone cyst Hyperostosis  Infantile cortical hyperostosis Osteosclerosis  Melorheostosis Pycnodysostosis
Joint	Chondritis Costochondritis Relapsing polychondritis Other Slipping rib syndrome Tietze syndrome
Combined	Osteochondritis Osteochondritis dissecans Child leg: hip  Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome tibia  Osgood–Schlatter disease Blount's disease foot Köhler disease Sever's disease spine Scheuermann's_disease arm: wrist  Kienböck's disease elbow  Panner disease

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