Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report

We present a 46-year-old psychiatric patient presenting with a lingual abscess. This paper covers the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis with a view to assisting emergency physicians in the timely recognition and management of this rare but potentially life-threat...

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Autores principales: Kikidis, D., Marinakis, K., Sengas, J., Chrysovergis, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22291713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/194292
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spelling pubmed-32650522012-01-30 Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report Kikidis, D. Marinakis, K. Sengas, J. Chrysovergis, A. Case Rep Med Case Report We present a 46-year-old psychiatric patient presenting with a lingual abscess. This paper covers the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis with a view to assisting emergency physicians in the timely recognition and management of this rare but potentially life-threatening condition. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3265052/ /pubmed/22291713 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/194292 Text en Copyright © 2012 D. Kikidis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kikidis, D.
Marinakis, K.
Sengas, J.
Chrysovergis, A.
Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report
title Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report
title_full Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report
title_short Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report
title_sort lingual abscess in a psychiatric patient: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22291713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/194292
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