Soft tissue cervicofacial emphysema after dental treatment: Report of 2 cases with emphasis on the differential diagnosis of angioedema

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1437-1440

  Frühauf, Julia ^a   Weinke, Roland ^a   Pilger, Ulrike ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Müllegger, Robert R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BICARBONATE; DIMETINDENE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORBIT; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SCALING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27944435402     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.11.1437     Document Type: Article

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