COVID-Associated Avascular Necrosis of the Maxilla—A Rare, New Side Effect of COVID-19

PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to present an interesting, rare case of a patient who experienced avascular necrosis of the maxilla associated with COVID-19 infection. METHODS AND RESULTS: Our team retrospectively evaluated this patient's chart after completion of surgical management. T...

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Autores principales: Mañón, Victoria A., Balandran, Steven, Young, Simon, Wong, Mark, Melville, James C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2022
Materias:
Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9072768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35588767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2022.04.015
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Sumario:PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to present an interesting, rare case of a patient who experienced avascular necrosis of the maxilla associated with COVID-19 infection. METHODS AND RESULTS: Our team retrospectively evaluated this patient's chart after completion of surgical management. The patient is a 72-year-old male who presented to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for surgical management of his infarcted maxilla, which developed as a sequela of infection with COVID-19. A literature review was completed using PubMed. Twenty-five articles are reviewed and discussed. CONCLUSIONS: Infection with COVID-19 confers a hypercoagulable state in patients, leading to various complications in the head and neck region. In our case report, we present a patient who developed avascular necrosis of the maxilla secondary to infection with COVID-19. Thromboembolic prophylaxis is imperative in COVID-19 patients due to the high rate of potential systemic complications.

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