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Research Article

Necrotizing Fascitis of the Head and Neck - Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature

Pages 186-189 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Mohamed A. Al-Ali, Ashraf F. Hefny, Kamal M. Idris & Fikri M. Abu-Zidan. (2018) Cervical necrotizing fasciitis: an overlooked diagnosis of a fatal disease. Acta Oto-Laryngologica 138:4, pages 411-414.
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Virangna Taneja, Rachel J. Walker & Miroslav Tedla. (2017) Necrotising fasciitis of the neck: Unusual presentation with aggressive management – case report with review of literature. Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports 2:1, pages 11-16.
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Gino Marioni, Raffaele Bottin, Alberto Tregnaghi, Marco Boninsegna & Alberto Staffieri. (2003) Craniocervical necrotizing fasciitis secondary to parotid gland abscess. Acta Oto-Laryngologica 123:6, pages 737-740.
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En-hui Zhou, Su-ru Liu, Hua-ming Zhu, Hong-liang Yi & Xiao-ping Chen. (2020) Management and postoperative use of double-cannula irrigation–drainage tube in cervical necrotizing fasciitis: a Chinese single-institution experience of 46 patients. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 278:8, pages 2975-2981.
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Erick Geovanny Reyes Castañeda, José Edgar Garduño Mejía & José Irving Soto Orozco. (2021) Reconstrucción de defecto cervical por fascitis necrosante con colgajo de pectoral mayor. Revista Mexicana de Cirugía Bucal y Maxilofacial 17:3, pages 138-146.
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Antonio Cortese, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Antonio Borri, Massimo Amato & Pier Paolo Claudio. (2016) Necrotizing odontogenic fasciitis of head and neck extending to anterior mediastinum in elderly patients: innovative treatment with a review of the literature. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 29:S1, pages 159-165.
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Johanna Elander, Michael Nekludov, Agneta Larsson, Britt Nordlander, Staffan Eksborg & Jonas Hydman. (2016) Cervical necrotizing fasciitis: descriptive, retrospective analysis of 59 cases treated at a single center. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 273:12, pages 4461-4467.
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A.A. Bennani-Baïti, A. Benbouzid & L. Essakalli-Hossyni. (2015) Cervicofacial cellulitis: The impact of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. A study of 70 cases. European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases 132:4, pages 181-184.
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A.A. Bennani-Baïti, A. Benbouzid & L. Essakalli-Hossyni. (2015) Les cellulites cervico-faciales : l’impact de l’utilisation des anti-inflammatoires non stéroïdiens. À propos de 70 cas. Annales françaises d'Oto-rhino-laryngologie et de Pathologie Cervico-faciale 132:4, pages 169-173.
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Akshat Malik, Swagnik Chakrabarty, Sudhir Nair, Deepa Nair & Pankaj Chaturvedi. (2015) Necrotizing fasciitis in patients with head and neck cancer. American Journal of Infection Control 43:4, pages 404-405.
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Thomas Sarna, Trina Sengupta, Michael Miloro & Antonia Kolokythas. (2012) Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis With Descending Mediastinitis: Literature Review and Case Report. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 70:6, pages 1342-1350.
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Petr Schütz, Rajinder M. Joshi & Hussein Hassan Hamed Ibrahim. (2012) Odontogenic necrotizing fasciitis of the neck and upper chest wall. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology 24:1, pages 32-35.
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Henning Wolf, Maria Rusan, Karin Lambertsen & Therese Ovesen. (2010) Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck. Head & Neck 32:12, pages 1592-1596.
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Jason A. McKellop, Wessam Bou-Assaly & Suresh K. Mukherji. (2010) Emergency Head & Neck Imaging: Infections and Inflammatory Processes. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America 20:4, pages 651-661.
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J W Lee, S B Immerman & L G T Morris. (2010) Techniques for early diagnosis and management of cervicofacial necrotising fasciitis. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology 124:7, pages 759-764.
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G.J. Knepil & G. Fabbroni. (2008) A life-threatening complication of acute parotitis. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 46:4, pages 328-329.
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Sharon O. L. Muller, Ghita J. de Jongh & J. C. Alexander de Mol van Otterloo. (2008) Craniofacial necrotizing fasciitis: reconstruction after radical surgery. European Journal of Plastic Surgery 31:2, pages 75-80.
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Lene Krenk, Hans Ulrik Nielsen & Maria E. Christensen. (2007) Necrotizing fasciitis in the head and neck region: an analysis of standard treatment effectiveness. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 264:8, pages 917-922.
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Michael C. Hurley & Manraj K.S. Heran. (2007) Imaging Studies for Head and Neck Infections. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 21:2, pages 305-353.
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Gino Marioni, Roberto Rinaldi, Giancarlo Ottaviano, Rosario Marchese-Ragona, Marina Savastano & Alberto Staffieri. (2006) Cervical necrotizing fasciitis: A novel clinical presentation of Burkholderia cepacia infection. Journal of Infection 53:5, pages e219-e222.
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Donald C Vinh & John M Embil. (2006) Rapidly progressive soft tissue infections – Authors' reply. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 6:2, pages 66-67.
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Colin I. Clement & Megan E. Hassall. (2004) Necrotizing fasciitis of the face and orbit following complications with a tooth abscess. ANZ Journal of Surgery 74:1-2, pages 85-87.
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