Brown R S, Johnson C D, Melissinos E G, Smith B R
Department of General Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
Compend Contin Educ Dent. 1995 Apr;16(4):362, 364, 366 PASSIM; QUIZ 372.
This article reviews the case of a patient with a periapical dental abscess that drained inferior and posterior to the angle of the jaw and created a large purulent cutaneous defect. Both the diagnosis and treatment issues are discussed.