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Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Infection
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is defined as rapidly progressive necrosis of subcutaneous fat and fascia. Although NF of the face is rare, its mortality rate is nearly 30%. It usually originates from dental infection and can lead to involvement of the neck, mediastinum, and chest wall. Complications res...
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The Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27489813 http://dx.doi.org/10.14402/jkamprs.2014.36.2.67 |
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author | Song, Chi-Woong Yoon, Hyun-Joong Jung, Da-Woon Lee, Sang-Hwa |
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description | Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is defined as rapidly progressive necrosis of subcutaneous fat and fascia. Although NF of the face is rare, its mortality rate is nearly 30%. It usually originates from dental infection and can lead to involvement of the neck, mediastinum, and chest wall. Complications resulting from pre-existing systemic diseases can increase the mortality rate. Known complication factors for NF include diabetes, malnutrition, advanced age, peripheral vascular disease, renal failure, and obesity. Here, we report a case of NF originating from dental infection in an 88-year-old woman already diagnosed with hypertension, thoracic aortic aneurysm, and renal diseases. Such conditions limited adequate surgical and antibiotic treatment. However, interdisciplinary treatment involving multiple departments was implemented with good results. |
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spelling | pubmed-42819022016-08-03 Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Infection Song, Chi-Woong Yoon, Hyun-Joong Jung, Da-Woon Lee, Sang-Hwa Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg Case Report Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is defined as rapidly progressive necrosis of subcutaneous fat and fascia. Although NF of the face is rare, its mortality rate is nearly 30%. It usually originates from dental infection and can lead to involvement of the neck, mediastinum, and chest wall. Complications resulting from pre-existing systemic diseases can increase the mortality rate. Known complication factors for NF include diabetes, malnutrition, advanced age, peripheral vascular disease, renal failure, and obesity. Here, we report a case of NF originating from dental infection in an 88-year-old woman already diagnosed with hypertension, thoracic aortic aneurysm, and renal diseases. Such conditions limited adequate surgical and antibiotic treatment. However, interdisciplinary treatment involving multiple departments was implemented with good results. The Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2014-03-30 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4281902/ /pubmed/27489813 http://dx.doi.org/10.14402/jkamprs.2014.36.2.67 Text en Copyright © 2014 by The Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. All rights reserved. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Song, Chi-Woong Yoon, Hyun-Joong Jung, Da-Woon Lee, Sang-Hwa Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Infection |
title | Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Infection |
title_full | Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Infection |
title_fullStr | Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Infection |
title_short | Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Infection |
title_sort | cervical necrotizing fasciitis caused by dental infection |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27489813 http://dx.doi.org/10.14402/jkamprs.2014.36.2.67 |
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