Case for diagnosis. Palate perforation due to cocaine use
An. bras. dermatol
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92(6): 877-878, Nov.-Dec. 2017. graf
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Abstract We report a 42-year-old cocaine addicted female patient referred for evaluation of hard palate ulceration resulting in oro-sinus communication with difficulties in swallowing and phonation, an rhino-sinusitis. Acrylic and removable silicone prosthesis was prescribed to relieve severe functional disorders. It is essential that the patient permanently abandons cocaine use to perform surgical reconstruction.
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Main subject:
Oral Fistula
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Cocaine-Related Disorders
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Palate, Hard
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Nasal Septal Perforation
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
An. bras. dermatol
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital General de Agudos Enrique Tornú/AR
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