The emergency physician is familiar with the presentation of dental abscesses and periodontal disease. The majority of these cases are easily managed with analgesia, antibiotics, and appropriate follow-up with the dentist or oralmaxillofacial surgeon. The emergency physician, however, must be aware of several unusual complications arising from odontogenic infections. Among these complications a...

We report an unusual case of fusobacterial infection with secondary intracranial invasion. The condition was complicated by a cavernous sinus thrombosis and ischemic stroke. The patient was a 63-year-old woman with no history of systemic disease who had undergone a tooth extraction before the onset of symptoms. She initially suffered from sphenomaxillary sinusitis and a cavernous sinus thrombos...

Chyloptysis is a relatively rare embodiment of disease that encompasses a lengthy differential and provides many diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Presented here is the case of a young woman with massive chyloptysis due to a thoracic cavernous lymphangioma arising in the peripartum period. The severity of her condition mandated the use of cardiopulmonary bypass to resect her lymphangioma. ...

INTRODUCTION Branding refers to a process whereby third degree burns are inflicted on the skin with a hot iron rod or metallic object. Branding employs the phenomenon of "counter irritation," and is widely used by faith healers in developing countries for therapeutic purposes. Some methods, which are very crude and inhuman, carry a large risk of complications. The purpose of this study is to pr...

The aim of this study was to review the literature regarding septic cavernous sinus thrombosis of odontogenic origin. Searches were made of the electronic databases and reference lists of the pertinent articles between 1990 and 2015. The search strategy produced 161 references, which included 15 studies that fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The literature review showed that the odontogenic foc...

A 46-year-old man was referred to our institution due to hemoptysis and a fever. He had no notable medical history except for schizophrenia. Limited mouth opening due to severe pharyngeal pain and right conjunctival edema were remarkable, as well as septic shock. Computed tomography revealed peritonsillar abscess (Picture 1) and septic pulmonary embolisms (Picture 2). Pus from the abscess and b...