Cancrum oris in a Caucasian male with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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.
Evans
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Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, Wales, UK. Keston.Jones@swansea-tr.Wales.nhs.uk
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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