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Odontogenic Cutaneous Sinus Tract in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of a Rare Entity

Odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract (OCST) is defined as pulp necrosis caused by dental caries or trauma that forms a fistula on the body surface as a drainage channel for the infected pulp. OCST can be difficult to diagnose because subjective symptoms, such as pain in the affected tooth, may be minim...

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Autores principales: Hanaki, Shojiro, Katayama, Shuichi, Watanabe, Yoshihisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37378112
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39156
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author Hanaki, Shojiro
Katayama, Shuichi
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description Odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract (OCST) is defined as pulp necrosis caused by dental caries or trauma that forms a fistula on the body surface as a drainage channel for the infected pulp. OCST can be difficult to diagnose because subjective symptoms, such as pain in the affected tooth, may be minimal. In addition, lesions in the cervical region are extremely rare. In this report, we discuss the case of a 10-year-old girl who presented with inflammation, edema, and purulent exudation on the right neck. Her symptoms resembled those of lateral cervical cysts and fistulas. However, upon evaluation, she was diagnosed with OCST. Although OCST is an important differential diagnosis for head and neck lesions, it is often overlooked. OCST should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neck masses and fistulas.
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spelling pubmed-102921002023-06-27 Odontogenic Cutaneous Sinus Tract in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of a Rare Entity Hanaki, Shojiro Katayama, Shuichi Watanabe, Yoshihisa Cureus Pediatrics Odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract (OCST) is defined as pulp necrosis caused by dental caries or trauma that forms a fistula on the body surface as a drainage channel for the infected pulp. OCST can be difficult to diagnose because subjective symptoms, such as pain in the affected tooth, may be minimal. In addition, lesions in the cervical region are extremely rare. In this report, we discuss the case of a 10-year-old girl who presented with inflammation, edema, and purulent exudation on the right neck. Her symptoms resembled those of lateral cervical cysts and fistulas. However, upon evaluation, she was diagnosed with OCST. Although OCST is an important differential diagnosis for head and neck lesions, it is often overlooked. OCST should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neck masses and fistulas. Cureus 2023-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10292100/ /pubmed/37378112 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39156 Text en Copyright © 2023, Hanaki et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Hanaki, Shojiro
Katayama, Shuichi
Watanabe, Yoshihisa
Odontogenic Cutaneous Sinus Tract in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title Odontogenic Cutaneous Sinus Tract in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_full Odontogenic Cutaneous Sinus Tract in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_fullStr Odontogenic Cutaneous Sinus Tract in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_full_unstemmed Odontogenic Cutaneous Sinus Tract in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_short Odontogenic Cutaneous Sinus Tract in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
title_sort odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract in a 10-year-old girl: a case report of a rare entity
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37378112
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39156
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