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.
Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Oral Fistula/diagnosis , Oral Fistula/chemically induced , Cocaine-Related Disorders/complications , Palate, Hard/drug effects , Nasal Septal Perforation/diagnosis , Nasal Septal Perforation/chemically induced , Palatal Obturators , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Oral Fistula/therapy , Cocaine/adverse effects , Palate, Hard/diagnostic imaging , Nasal Septal Perforation/therapyABSTRACT
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.
