Table 1. Characteristics of MRONJ Patients managed with PENT-E.
Age(y) /Sex /Stage | No. of doses prior to ONJ | Clinical presentation prior to PENT-E | Radiographic findings prior to PENT-E | Duration on PENT-E till last follow-up | Clinical presentation at last follow-up | Radiographic findings at last follow-up |
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1. 63/M /3 | 40, Z + S | Pain, purulent discharge, mandibular bone exposure (55 mm) | Radiolucent defect reaching the basal bone | 48 months | No pain, discharge or bone exposure | Radiolucent bony defect filling |
2. 66 /M /3 | 35Z + 11 A | Pain, purulent discharge, bilateral mandibular bone exposure | Radiolucent defects reaching the basal bone | 13 months | No pain, discharge, bone exposure unchanged | Radiolucent bony defect filling |
3. 54 /M /3 | 40, Z | Pain, purulent discharge, mandibular bone exposure | Radiolucent defect reaching the basal bone | 22 months | No pain, discharge or bone exposure | Radiolucent bony defect filling |
4. 62/F /2 | 7Z + 2D | Pain, discharge and bone exposure | No radiographic findings | 3 months | No pain or discharge, bone exposure reduced in size | NA |
5. 57/F /2 | 8, D | Pain and bone exposure: right maxilla (8 mm), left maxilla (6 mm) and mandible | No radiographic findings | 5 months | No pain or bone exposure on the right maxilla, bone exposure on the left maxilla reduced to 2 mm. The mandibular bone exposure unchanged | NA |
6. 68 /F /2 | 100, Z | Pain, bilateral mandibular bone exposure | No radiographic findings | 3 months | No pain, bone exposure reduced in size | NA |
7. 53 /F /0 | 63, Z | Pain, swelling, no exposed bone | Radiolucent defect | 24 months | No pain or swelling | Radiolucent bony defect filling |
Z – Zolendronic acid, S – Sunitinib, A – Alendronic acid, D - Denosumab, NA - Not applicable