Unusual extension of a dental abscess through the pterygomandibular space in subcutaneous maxillofacial tissue

Soultana Foutzitzi; Konstantinos Frigkas; Despoina Vitsa; Savas P Deftereos

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5316

Unusual extension of a dental abscess through the pterygomandibular space in subcutaneous maxillofacial tissue

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Jan 24;10(1):e05316. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5316. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Authors

Soultana Foutzitzi¹, Konstantinos Frigkas¹, Despoina Vitsa², Savas P Deftereos¹

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Department D.U.Th University Hospital of Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis Greece.
² ENT Head and Neck Surgery Department D.U.Th University Hospital of Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis Greece.

Abstract

Infections of maxillary teeth commonly spread to the buccal space, whereas infections originating in the mandible usually spread to the submandibular, pterygomandibular, and buccal spaces. The pterygomandibular space may serve as a path for spread to zygomatic areas and thus must always be a part of imaging evaluations.

Keywords: buccal space; computed tomography; infection; mandible; ultrasound.