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Dental infections masquerading as skin lesions
S W Wilson1, D J Ward, A Burns
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|May 18, 2001
Abstract:
Dental infection is a common cause of facial sinus; the external opening can masquerade as a variety of lesions. Surgical excision of the skin component alone fails to address the underlying problem and results in recurrence. Recognition and treatment of the underlying dental infection is required to allow the resolution of the associated skin lesion. Two illustrative cases are presented.