1/16. Diffuse acute cellulitis with severe neurological sequelae. A clinical case.The incidence of head and neck odontogenic infections considerably diminished in the last decades due to appropriate antibiotic therapy. Herein we describe a case of acute diffuse facial cellulitis following tooth extraction in a patient with no apparent risk factor. During the acute process, injury was caused to the hypoglossal, vagal, glossopharyngeal and recurrent nerves of both sides. For this reason the patient currently has a nasogastric line for enteral feedings and a tracheotomy tube, which significantly affects his quality of life.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/16. multiple myeloma presenting as a painful mandibular swelling: a case report.multiple myeloma is a disease characterized by monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells, the most differentiated stage of B-cells. Primary manifestation of multiple myeloma in the jawbones is rare. In the case reported here, a 29-year-old woman who presented with a right mandibular swelling after extraction of a mobile painful tooth turned out to have multiple myeloma. Current diagnostic criteria and management strategies of the disease are discussed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/16. Cystoid macular edema associated with topically applied epinephrine in aphakic eyes.A 69-year-old man with bilateral open-angle glaucoma and nonfiltering iridencleisis scars underwent combined cataract extraction and glaucoma filtering operations in each eye. Later, he again required intensive medical therapy including topically applied echothiophate iodide, epinephrine, and acetazolamide to control his glaucoma. Topical instillation of epinephrine repeatedly resulted in reversible cystoid macular edema in each eye. The macular changes were documented by fluorescein angiography. The clinical and angiographic features of the macular edema in this patient did not differ from cystoid macular edema seen in other ocular conditions.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/16. An unusual case of hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis.A baby with alpha-chain thalassemia hydrops fetalis was born to an Iraqian Jewish couple of Iraqi-Kurdish extraction. Hemoglobin Bart's constituted only 40% of the total hemoglobin, much less than usually found in alpha-thalassemia hydrops fetalis. That this is a particular expression of hemoglobin h disease is considered. The likelihood of two alpha-chain loci, rather than one alpha-chain locus, in this family, is also discussed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/16. Lamellar macular hole: a complication of cystoid macular edema after cataract extraction.A woman developed an inner lamellar macular hole and cellophane maculopathy as a complication of chronic cystoid macular edema following cataract extraction. fluorescein angiography revealed a cystoid pattern of fluorescence in the paracentral area but no evidence of staining in the region of the hole. Following death, histopathologic examination of both eyes confirmed the clinical observations. Biomicroscopic examination and fluorescein angiography are of value in differentiating an inner lamellar macular hole from a full-thickness macular hole and from a pseudomacular hole caused by spontaneous contraction of an epiretinal membrane.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 5keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/16. Histopathologic study of changes occurring in eyes with intraocular lens implantation: autopsy eyes, enucleated eyes and corneal buttons.The clinicopathologic findings in 17 eyes which were surgically enucleated or removed at autopsy as well as the histopathology of 72 corneal buttons removed from eyes with intraocular lenses are described. In four of five autopsy eyes the intraocular lens was well tolerated; however, in all cases, changes related to the pseudophakos were found. In seven of 12 surgically enucleated eyes, postsurgical bacterial or fungal endophthalmitis had developed. On histopathological examination, one eye revealed clinically unsuspected endophthalmitis phacoanaphylactica after extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. In two cases, choroidal melanoma became evident after cataract extraction and insertion of a pseudophakos. In both cases preoperative ultrasonography was limited to A-scan axial measurements. The 72 corneal buttons were removed from patients with pseudophakic bullous keratopathy; histologically the most striking findings were guttata-like changes in 50% of the specimens and retrocorneal membranes in 13.9% of the specimens.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/16. Lupus erythematosus--a case of facial swelling.A case is reported of acute facial swelling following tooth extraction that failed to respond in a normal manner. The patient developed systemic signs and symptoms ultimately revealing the diagnosis of lupus erythematosus. The possibility of soft tissue lesions arising in some forms of lupus is emphasised by this report.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/16. Barrier Deprivation syndrome. A case report.A case has been presented where uncomplicated intracapsular cataract extraction and smooth implantation of a Copeland lens was followed by CME, later by CED. The process was stopped by performing a penetrating corneal graft and replacing the offending lens with a Medallion two-loop Medical Workshop lens. The case seems to support Binkhorst's theory of Membrane Deprivation syndrome and Worst's findings of Decompartmentalization of the eye.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/16. Peripheral corneal edema after cataract extraction.Twenty-six eyes in 16 patients with aphakic peripheral corneal edema showed most of the signs described in 1969 by Brown and McLean in a syndrome they called "peripheral corneal edema after cataract extraction," consisting mainly of aphakia, marginal corneal edema, and discrete orange punctate pigmentation of the endothelial surface of the edematous areas. The syndrome was observed in 21 eyes after intracapsular cataract extraction, in three eyes after extracapsular surgery, and in two eyes with spontaneous absorption of the lens. In one case the spontaneous absorption of the lens was attributable to trauma, and in the other it was seen in association with congenital rubella syndrome. There was a high incidence of myopia (61%) in the affected eyes in this series.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 6keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/16. Life-threatening infection after extraction of third molars.Life-threatening infection after the extraction of the right maxillary and mandibular third molars, and the minimal early treatment of the ensuing complications, has been described. Perhaps, if proper incision and drainage and adequate antibiotic treatment had been instituted immediately after extraction, the ensuing complications could have been avoided. There will never be total agreement regarding the optimal time to surgically remove a tooth. The latter is based on individual preferences, past experiences, and clinical successes of the practitioner. However, if extraction is decided on, the surgeon must be able to recognize the early development of complications and institute appropriate treatment.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 7keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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