KMID : 0355620090350010035
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Journal of Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2009 Volume.35 No. 1 p.35 ~ p.38
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TREATMENT OF SECONDARY FACIAL ABSCESS SUSPECTED ORIGINATING FROM LIVER ABSCESS : A CASE REPORT
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Lee Jae-Wook
Kim Jin-Wook Lee Sang-Han
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Abstract
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In oral & maxillofacial surgery, careful management is necessary to avoid infection for old aged person or patient with diabetes mellitus(DM). We experienced a 69 years old female patient with DM, who has liver abscess and appendicitis, caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, was developed into left mid-facial abscess and peritonitis.
We report this case along with review of article for we have gained fairly good results in our attempt to resolve the patient¡¯s abscess by means of I & D of the left mid-face and percutaneous catheter drainage of the stomach, supplemented with fluid and antibiotic therapy.
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KEYWORD
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Liver abscess, Klebsiella pneumoniae, DM
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