TITLE:
Temporal Fossa Abscess Caused by Apical Periodontitis: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Sayaka Yoshiba, Takaaki Kamatani, Tatsuo Shirota
KEYWORDS:
Temporal Fossa Abscess, Odontogenic Infection, Apical Periodontitis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics,
Vol.8 No.4,
December
25,
2018
ABSTRACT: According to the progress of the antibiotic
medicine, the severe infection case is decreasing recently. We recently experienced
a case of temporal fossa abscess caused by periapical periodontitis the upper
left side of the second molar. A 79-year-old woman visited to Showa University
Dental Hospital complaining of the painful swelling at the left side of the
temporal and trismus. The routine blood test exhibited a severe inflammation. We
performed drainage treatment at temporal skin and normal oral bacterial flora
was detected by the bacteriological examination. Under treatment included the administration
of antibiotics, the inflammation healed without serious complication and she recovered
completely.