{"title":"Lingual abscess, an uncommon cause of tongue oedema: Case series","authors":"Tsiouma Georgia","doi":"10.52768/2379-1039/2054","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Lingual abscess is a rare but potentially life-threatening medical entity. Consequently, it requires high medical suspicion in order to prevent misdiagnosis. Unilateral tongue oedema constitutes the characteristic clinical feature.","PeriodicalId":294824,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports","volume":"468 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2379-1039/2054","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Lingual abscess is a rare but potentially life-threatening medical entity. Consequently, it requires high medical suspicion in order to prevent misdiagnosis. Unilateral tongue oedema constitutes the characteristic clinical feature.