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Cutaneous sinus tract of dental origin
  1. Pallav Mahesh Patni1,
  2. Pradeep Jain1,
  3. Mona Jain Patni2
  1. 1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry (SAIMS) and Hospital, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  2. 2Dr. Mahesh Chandra Patni Memorial Dental Clinic, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Pallav Mahesh Patni, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry (SAIMS) and Hospital, Indore 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India; pallavpatni{at}yahoo.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134122

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    A 22-year-old male patient was referred to the department of endodontics from the department of general surgery for a dental opinion. His chief complaint was intermittent pus discharge from an opening located on the right upper cheek area of size 11×13 mm since the past 1 month (figure 1). The patient had undergone multiple excisional surgeries for the same reason. Hence, cone beam CT (CBCT) with contrast was …

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    Footnotes

    • Acknowledgement The authors acknowledge Dr Vinod Bhandari and Dr Manjushree Bhandari, Chairperson, SAIMS for their guidance of the manuscript.

    • Contributors PMP: clinical case, literature search, figures. PJ: literature search, writing. MJP: writing, literature search, figures.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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