The use of computerized tomography in the diagnosis and management of temporal and infratemporal space abscesses.
Computerized tomography has become an essential diagnostic technique in the management of maxillofacial pathosis. Three cases of temporal and infratemporal space abscesses are reviewed in which computerized tomography played an important role in the diagnosis and surgical management of patients.
Schwimmer
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Department of Dentistry, Beth Israel Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.
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Morrison
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D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage; D004487:Edema; D005260:Female; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed