An unusual microscopic pattern of foreign body reaction as a complication of dry socket management.

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      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101576782 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2212-4411 (Electronic) NLM ISO Abbreviation: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: New York, NY : Elsevier
    • Subject Terms:
      Bandages/*adverse effects ; Dry Socket/*complications ; Dry Socket/*therapy ; Foreign-Body Reaction/*etiology; Bicuspid/surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Dry Socket/diagnostic imaging ; Female ; Foreign-Body Reaction/diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Mandible ; Middle Aged ; Radiography, Panoramic ; Tooth Extraction/adverse effects
    • Abstract:
      Foreign body reactions in the oral cavity are relatively common, frequently resulting from iatrogenic causes. Depending on the nature of the foreign material, various microscopic patterns may be observed, causing diagnostic difficulties. Recognition of the ensuing unusual microscopic pattern, especially for cases in which the possibility of a foreign body reaction is not entertained in the clinical differential diagnosis, necessitates sufficient degree of suspicion, familiarization with the spectrum of microscopic appearances, and careful clinicopathologic correlation. Medicated dressings of various compositions are commonly placed for prevention or management of dry socket (or alveolar osteitis, a common postoperative complication of tooth extraction) and may be a cause of foreign body reaction. Here, we report a foreign body reaction to a medical dressing material in a postextraction socket, with an unusual microscopic pattern bearing resemblance to parasitic infestation.
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20171107 Date Completed: 20181105 Latest Revision: 20220331
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.oooo.2017.08.010
    • Accession Number:
      29104032