title: [Palatal necrosis in children. Case report].
abstract: Palate necrosis as a consequence of palate infection it's an exceptional condition about there's not too much references at literature. We present a case of a 6 months old child who present a palatal necrosis after a supurative medial otitis that involved hard and soft palate, with positive culture for Pseudomona aeruginosa causing a almost complete absence of the palate that simulate a bilateral palatal cleft.
authors.affiliation: Unitat Integrada Hopital Clinic-Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Departamento de cirugía pediátrica, Barcelona. masancho@hsjdbcn.org
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sancho
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Parri
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Raigosa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lerena
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cacéres
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*