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Release of Extra Articular Ankylosis of Jaws as a Sequelae of Cancrum Oris with Extensive Gingival Myasis in a Scoliosis Patient: A Rare Case Report

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‘Noma’ is an allusion to the rapidly destructive course of gangrene (Emmanuel et al. in J Maxillofac Surg 11:160–170, 1983). The pathogenicity is related to the high bacterial load of microorganisms resulting in gangrene that rapidly invades the facial tissues. The infection causes perforating wounds of the lips, cheek, nose, palate and bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible.

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  1. Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Kolkata, India

    Tanmoy Ghorui & Amit Ray

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All procedures performed in this case involving human participant was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards—ethical approval was taken by Ethics Committee of Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research.

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Ghorui, T., Ray, A. Release of Extra Articular Ankylosis of Jaws as a Sequelae of Cancrum Oris with Extensive Gingival Myasis in a Scoliosis Patient: A Rare Case Report. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 71 (Suppl 1), 734–736 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1526-x

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