Anterior chest wall abscess--an unusual complication of an odontogenic infection.
BACKGROUND
A majority of odontogenic infections can be successfully managed with routine incision and drainage and empirical antibiotics. Sometimes an odontogenic infection may spread to contiguous spaces and descend along the neck causing significant morbidity and rarely even mortality.


METHODS
We report a case of an odontogenic infection which had an unusual spread to the anterior chest wall.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, People's Dental Academy, Bhanpur, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India 462037. getyuv@gmail.com
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V
Yuvaraj
Balasubramanian
B
Krishnan
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000150:complications*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D034361:Streptococcus mitis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000382:microbiology*; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery