[Diagnostic image (342). A woman with a fistula at the edge of the jaw].
A 17-year-old girl had a persistent ulcerating external submandibular fistula which radiographically originated from a periapical abscess of the left lower second molar.
van den Hoogen
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FJ
Afd. Keel-, Neus- en Oorheelkunde, Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, Postbus 9100, 6500 HB Nijmegen. f.vandenhoogen@kno.umcn.nl
Merkx
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MA
D000293:Adolescent; D003751:Dental Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014945:Wound Healing