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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs misleading the diagnosis of periapical abscess
JP Angeline Archana1, AC Jesudoss Prabhakaran2
1 Ramakrishna Dental College, Coimbatore, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
A C Jesudoss Prabhakaran
Department of Pharmacology, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enathur, Kancheepuram 631552, Tamil Nadu
India
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.95978
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Periapical abscesses are common but may rarely be a subclinical infection in dental clinics. If an infection progresses rapidly or slowly as a tooth ache of chronic periodontitis with clinical features misleading the diagnosis, the dentists are able to recognize the salient signs and identify the patients at risk. This article reviews a case of a rare innocuous periapical abscess presenting as angioedema of upper lip with history of consuming nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as diclofenac sodium whenever needed for arthralgia on a short-term basis. |
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