Necrotizing fasciitis of the scalp stemming from odontogenic infection
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Cervical necrotizing fasciitis: an unusual sequel of odontogenic infection.
Cervical necrotizing fasciitis is a rare infection of the fascial planes, which is less common in head and neck, because of the rarity and higher vascularity in the region. We reviewed five patients with cervical necrotizing fasciitis of odontogenic infection managed at a teaching hospital at Chennai, India. There were four men and one woman, of whom four patients were diabetic and hypertensive...
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عنوان ژورنال: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0899-8280,1525-3252
DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2019.1675419