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Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use

We report a 42-year-old cocaine addicted female patient referred for evaluation of hard palate ulceration resulting in oro-sinus communication with difficulties in swallowing and phonation, an rhino-sinusitis. Acrylic and removable silicone prosthesis was prescribed to relieve severe functional diso...

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Autores principales: Blanco, Graciela Fernández, Madeo, Maria Cecilia, Vázquez, María Emilia, Martínez, Mariana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29364455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177232
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author Blanco, Graciela Fernández
Madeo, Maria Cecilia
Vázquez, María Emilia
Martínez, Mariana
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description We report a 42-year-old cocaine addicted female patient referred for evaluation of hard palate ulceration resulting in oro-sinus communication with difficulties in swallowing and phonation, an rhino-sinusitis. Acrylic and removable silicone prosthesis was prescribed to relieve severe functional disorders. It is essential that the patient permanently abandons cocaine use to perform surgical reconstruction.
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spelling pubmed-57864132018-02-01 Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use Blanco, Graciela Fernández Madeo, Maria Cecilia Vázquez, María Emilia Martínez, Mariana An Bras Dermatol What Is Your Diagnosis? We report a 42-year-old cocaine addicted female patient referred for evaluation of hard palate ulceration resulting in oro-sinus communication with difficulties in swallowing and phonation, an rhino-sinusitis. Acrylic and removable silicone prosthesis was prescribed to relieve severe functional disorders. It is essential that the patient permanently abandons cocaine use to perform surgical reconstruction. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5786413/ /pubmed/29364455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177232 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited and the work is not changed in any way.
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Blanco, Graciela Fernández
Madeo, Maria Cecilia
Vázquez, María Emilia
Martínez, Mariana
Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use
title Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use
title_full Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use
title_fullStr Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use
title_full_unstemmed Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use
title_short Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use
title_sort case for diagnosis. palate perforation due to cocaine use
topic What Is Your Diagnosis?
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29364455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177232
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