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Published in: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4/2010

01-12-2010 | Case Report

Anterior chest wall abscess—an unusual complication of an odontogenic infection

Authors: V. Yuvaraj, Balasubramanian Krishnan

Published in: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Issue 4/2010

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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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Metadata
Title
Anterior chest wall abscess—an unusual complication of an odontogenic infection
Authors
V. Yuvaraj
Balasubramanian Krishnan
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 1865-1550
Electronic ISSN: 1865-1569
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-009-0199-8

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