title: Cancrum oris in a Caucasian male with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: We describe a patient with Type 2 diabetes mellitus who developed cancrum oris requiring extensive oro-facial reconstructive surgery. There are no previous published reports of cancrum oris occurring in a Caucasian subject with no risk factors other than Type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, Wales, UK. Keston.Jones@swansea-tr.Wales.nhs.uk
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009625:Noma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D044465:White People