Open AccessUnusual complication of dental extraction: Lingual abscess
Author(s) -
Lalee Varghese,
Poojan Agarwal,
Vedantam Rupa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/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 , surgery , incisor , respiratory distress , edema , acute respiratory distress , swelling , 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.