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Osteomyelitis In Jaw Spread To Neck?

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tommy03
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Hello all. I was recently diagnosed with OM on right wide of my jaw. I believe it came from the TMJ surgery i had 3 years ago that got infected. 5 months ago i noticed the right side of my face was visibly bigger than my left and my neck on right side was slightly swollen. Since then i had minor pain 3-5 in neck and jaw so they did a nuclear scan and told me i had osteomyelitis but they dont know the extent so have to get a gallium scan this week to see. My question is, is it possible for the OM spread to neck being this could have been going on for 3 years?

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