Multiple purulent complications and diabetes – a case report

Marta Pietraszek; Jarosław Kałużny; Piotr Dąbrowski; Bartosz Zakrzewski

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Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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Case report

Multiple purulent complications and diabetes – a case report

Marta Pietraszek

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Jarosław Kałużny

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Piotr Dąbrowski

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Bartosz Zakrzewski

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Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Szkoła Doktorska, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2022; 1: 14–16

Online publish date: 2022/07/06

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Despite the development of antibiotic therapy, phlegmon of the neck is still common. It develops mainly in patients with diabetes, especially decompensated, abusing psychoactive substances, diseases with decreased immunity or not caring for proper oral hygiene. In this article we presence a case report of neck phlegmon in a 45-year-old patient who developed a complication in the form of internal jugular vein thrombosis and bilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis.

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Multiple purulent complications and diabetes – a case report

Marta Pietraszek 1, 2 , Jarosław Kałużny 1 , Piotr Dąbrowski 1 , Bartosz Zakrzewski 1

neck phlegmon, deep neck infection, diabetes, complications, internal jugular vein thrombosis, cavernous sinus thrombosis, treatment

Marta Pietraszek

^{1, 2}

,

Jarosław Kałużny

¹

,

Piotr Dąbrowski

¹

,

Bartosz Zakrzewski

¹