Submandibular space is part of the deep neck fascial spaces, bordered by oral mucosa mouth floor on above and superficial layer cervical fascia bottom, as it extends from mandible to hyoid bone. frequently involves odontogenic infections, which can cause significant mortality morbidity. Open surgical incision drainage are treatment choice for submandibular abscesses. This a case report 47-years-...

Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in India. The rising incidence of multi drug resistant tuberculosis and unusual presentations of the disease is posing a great challenge for clinicians. We report an interesting case of 27 year old male who initially presented with submandibular abscess, subsequently developed velopharyngeal insufficiency during hospital stay and finally diagnosed a...

Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in India. The rising incidence of multi drug resistant tuberculosis and unusual presentations of the disease is posing a great challenge for clinicians. We report an interesting case of 27 year old male who initially presented with submandibular abscess, subsequently developed velopharyngeal insufficiency during hospital stay and finally diagnosed a...

The isolation of Actinomyces viscosus from two patients is described. One was a case of multiple myeloma, the organism being found on blood culture; the other was a patient with a submandibular abscess. These are believed to be the first such isolations of A. viscosus in this country.

We report the case of a 48-year-old man who had an unusually large submandibular gland sialolith (2.6 cm in greatest dimension), which led to sialadenitis and subsequent abscess formation. We describe the management of this patient and review the literature with emphasis on the various modalities available for diagnostic imaging.

Actinomycosis is a subacute or chronic suppurative infection caused by Actinomyces species, which are anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria that normally colonize the human mouth and digestive and urogenital tracts. Cervicofacial actinomycosis is the most frequent clinical form of actinomycosis, and is associated with odontogenic infection. Characterized by an abscess and mandibular involvement with...

Background: Jaw fracture is the most common facial in oral and maxillofacial bone usually caused by trauma. The itself could lead to infection due tissue damage, which port of entry for microorganisms. Fracture-related (FRI) patient discussed this study manifested as a submandibular abscess. goals treatment were achieving anatomic reduction line regaining acceptable occlusion. There are two met...

A 41-year-old Japanese male with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and alcoholic liver dysfunction developed melioidosis after his business trip to Indonesia and Singapore in 1988. His disease started with spiked fever on the following day after extraction of a tooth, and a liver abscess developed, followed by abscesses in the spleen and in the subphrenic space. In spite of splenectomy and intensi...