An Unusual Presentation of a Cutaneous Odontogenic Sinus [5]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1659-1660

  Tavee, Winston ^a   Blair, Mark ^b   Graham, Brad ^a  

^a Naval Hospital Beaufort ^*

^b Naval Hospital Beaufort   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; BLEEDING; CANINE TOOTH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUTANEOUS ODONTOGENIC SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIP; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PUNCH BIOPSY; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN DEFECT; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DENTAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP; NOSE; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; ROOT CANAL THERAPY;

EID: 0346243850     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.12.1659     Document Type: Letter

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