CASE
HISTORY / CLINIC:
Patient in very bad general condition with an axillary temperature of 39°C.
Very pronounced trismus. Patient holds the cervical spine in a relieving posture. Extreme
pain and redness of the skin around the floor of the mouth and submandibular region.
FINDINGS:
The axial CT image of the floor of the mouth demonstrates a right-sided soft
tissue consolidation with pockets
of air.
These air
pockets are also well demonstrated in the coronary image.
DIAGNOSIS:
Abscess in the floor of the mouth resulting from sialadenitis
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Postoperative damage.
Web resources:
