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Unusual complication of dental extraction: Lingual abscess

Author(s) -

Lalee Varghese,

Pratibha Agarwal,

Vedantam Rupa

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

indian journal of dental research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1998-3603

pISSN - 0970-9290

DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.127633

Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , complication , tongue , differential diagnosis , dental extraction , edema , respiratory distress , incisor , surgery , acute respiratory distress , dentistry , lung , pathology

Acute lingual swelling is a potentially life threatening clinical condition which is encountered very rarely, the differential diagnosis of which includes hemorrhage, infarction, abscess, tumor and edema. Herein we report a case of lingual abscess that presented with acute tongue swelling and respiratory distress after extraction of lower two incisor teeth.

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