An odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract in an unusual site with multiple misdiagnoses
Pegah Sarraf,
Mehrfam Khoshkhounejad,
Maryam Babaahmadi
et al.
Abstract:Key Clinical MessageDental clinicians and physicians should be careful in differential diagnosis of facial cutaneous nodules, since they might have an odontogenic origin.AbstractOdontogenic cutaneous sinus tracts are commonly misdiagnosed and mismanaged; thus, they are prone to recurrence. Herein, a 21‐year‐old female patient is reported with a red fluctuant nodule on her right cheek which had been misdiagnosed as an epidermoid cyst, cystic acne, and parotid gland fistula. The odontogenic origin of the lesion … Show more
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