Extraoral sinus tract misdiagnosed as an endodontic lesion

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 841-843

  Cohenca, Nestor ^a,b,c   Karni, Sunil ^a   Rotstein, Nestor Ilan ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; GUTTA PERCHA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS SINUS TRACT; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDODONTICS; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SKIN DISEASE; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442528267     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200312000-00015     Document Type: Article

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