Recurrent buccal space abscesses: a complication of Crohn's disease.
Oral features of Crohn's disease include ulcerations, lip fissuring, cobblestone plaques, and mucosal tags. We report the case of a 16-year old male patient with a 3-month history of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and oral ulceration. Clinical examinations revealed established intestinal lesions, a marked cobblestone appearance in the oral cavity, and an unusual pattern of presentation not previously reported in the literature: persistent, recurrent buccal space abscesses.
Gagoh
O K
OK
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United Kingdom.
Qureshi
R M
RM
Hendrickse
M T
MT
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002610:Cheek; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence