INTRODUCTION Cervical necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but very severe infection that affects the soft-tissues of the cephalic extremity. Cervical necrotizing fasciitis most frequently occurs secondarily to inflammatory odontogenic disorders and represents the most severe infection of maxillofacial spaces, with a high lethal potential. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we selected 55 patien...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this research was to create a scoring system that provides comprehensive assessment of patients with oromaxillofacial cancer or odontogenic infection, and to statistically reevaluate the results in order to provide specific criteria for elective tracheostomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients that had oral cancer surgery (group A) or odontogenic infection surgery (g...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to assess the value of pretreatment neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio and mean platelet volume (MPV) and the correlation between these markers with progression in patients with severe odontogenic infection. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cohort of 100 patients with severe odontogenic infection were divided into 2 groups according to their length of hospital stay. T...

Extensive fascial and neel necrosis following diabete is a rare finding ,but if it occurs and left untreated,in can be life threatening due to extension of infection via regional fascia.in this report a 58 years old women is presented who had abscess in chin region due to odontogenic infection.clinical examination showed that,she had an extensive necrotic ulcer in chin and neck region.after lab...

BACKGROUND Deep neck infections are important otolaryngologic emergencies due to serious complications and the risk of airway compromise, which can lead to mortality. Although the most common causes among pediatric patients are tonsillitis and pharyngeal infections, odontogenic infections are an important cause in adults. CASE REPORT We present three patients with multiple deep neck space abs...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a rare and life-threatening infection. Management of this condition is very difficult and before 1990s, DNM had a mortality rate of 40% despite the use of antibiotics. One of the etiologies of this condition is rapid downward spread of oropharyngeal infection along the cervical fascia planes into the medi-astinum. MATERIALS AND...

Odontogenic infections are common and very often spread to potential spaces of head neck. The such infection adjacent maxillary sinuses or distant sites as the orbits a rare occurrence may develop periorbital orbital cellulitis. Unfortunately once cellulitis subsequently abscess develops it can give rise serious complications complete blindness even more life-threatening situations cavernous si...

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a rare condition in which oropharyngeal infection spreads to the mediastinum via the cervical fascia. Delayed diagnosis and surgery result in a high mortality rate among patients with DNM. We present a case of DNM resulting from odontogenic infection treated successfully with tooth extraction following mediastinal and cervical drainage. A 43-year-ol...