Fig. 12.

( A, B ) Osteomyelitis: a 65-year-old male patient with pain and swelling over midfacial region following tooth extraction. Axial computed tomography (CT) image on soft tissue ( A ) and bone window settings ( B ) reveal ill-defined soft tissue attenuation lesion (blue arrow) involving maxillary alveolus in the midline with destruction of maxillary alveolus and increased adjacent soft tissue with blurred fat planes.