Roentgeno-oddities IATROGENIC
FOREIGN BODY
T he patient, a 30-year-old man, was seenbecauseof an erythematous,painful, boggy swelling in the maxillary right vestibule adjacentto a fixed partial denture. The area was incised and drained; however, the patient’s symptomspersisted. A flap was raised and a firm, rubbery masswas removed. It was assumedthat when rubber-baseimpressionswere made some of the material dissected through soft-tissue planes and acted as a foreign body. The radiopaque mass was quite evident on the Panorex radiograph. Joseph T. Fay, D.D.S. Fredric Berman, D.D.S.
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center Fort Gordan. Ga. 30905
Each month this section will bring to the readers of ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE AND ORAL PATHOLOGY one or more roentgenograms which demonstrate unusual, unexpected, rare, or bizarre roentgenographic changes. These roentgenograms will be accompanied by an explanation or by words of inquiry regarding the particular change. Please submit 5 by 7 inch glossy black and white prints along with two copies of the description of the case. All material for publication should be submitted to Dr. Lincoln R. Manson-Hing, University of Alabama School of Dentistry, Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233.
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FOREIGN BODY
T he patient, a 30-year-old man, was seenbecauseof an erythematous,painful, boggy swelling in the maxillary right vestibule adjacentto a fixed partial denture. The area was incised and drained; however, the patient’s symptomspersisted. A flap was raised and a firm, rubbery masswas removed. It was assumedthat when rubber-baseimpressionswere made some of the material dissected through soft-tissue planes and acted as a foreign body. The radiopaque mass was quite evident on the Panorex radiograph. Joseph T. Fay, D.D.S. Fredric Berman, D.D.S.
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center Fort Gordan. Ga. 30905
Each month this section will bring to the readers of ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE AND ORAL PATHOLOGY one or more roentgenograms which demonstrate unusual, unexpected, rare, or bizarre roentgenographic changes. These roentgenograms will be accompanied by an explanation or by words of inquiry regarding the particular change. Please submit 5 by 7 inch glossy black and white prints along with two copies of the description of the case. All material for publication should be submitted to Dr. Lincoln R. Manson-Hing, University of Alabama School of Dentistry, Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233.
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