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Volume 5 Issue 6 (June, 2017)

Case Reports

SUBMANDIBULAR SIALOLITHIASIS WITH SIALADENITIS PRESENTING AS LUDWIGS ANGINA - A CASE REPORT
Aneeta Mary Sabu, Sumir Gandhi, Manisha Solanki, Ashwin Romy Sakharia

Ludwig’s angina is a potentially life-threatening, rapidly expanding, diffuse cellulitis of the submandibular, sublingual and submental space resulting in a state of emergency because of impending airway obstruction. Although 90% of ludwigs angina is caused by odontogenic infections, very rarely submandibular sialadenitis can also cause ludwigs angina. However, with early diagnosis, attention to airway maintenance, aggressive intravenous antibiotic therapy and judicious surgical intervention, the process would resolve without complications. Identifying the source of infection and eliminating it is also an important part of the treatment. In the present case report we have presented a rare case of ludwigs angina caused by submandibular gland sialadenitis with sialolithiasis.
Key words: Ludwigs angina, sialadenitis, sialolithiasis.

Corresponding Author: Dr. Aneeta Mary Sabu, Post Graduate Resident, Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,                  Christian Dental College, CMC Ludhiana-141008, Punjab, India

This article may be cited as: Sabu AM, Gandhi S, Solanki M, Sakharia AR. Submandibular sialolithiasis with sialadenitis presenting as ludwigs angina - A case report. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2017;5(6):10-12.

 
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