Anterior chest wall abscess--an unusual complication of an odontogenic infection.
作者信息
Yuvaraj V, Krishnan Balasubramanian
机构信息
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, People's Dental Academy, Bhanpur, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India 462037.
出版信息
Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Dec;14(4):239-41. doi: 10.1007/s10006-009-0199-8.
PMID:20135335
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
A majority of odontogenic infections can be successfully managed with routine incision and drainage and empirical antibiotics. Sometimes an odontogenic infection may spread to contiguous spaces and descend along the neck causing significant morbidity and rarely even mortality.
CASE REPORT
We report a case of an odontogenic infection which had an unusual spread to the anterior chest wall.
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