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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 80, 25-27, Copyright © 1980 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Extrapleural empyema thoracis as a direct extension of Ludwig's angina. Case report

JN Young and PC Samson

The following case report describes a previously unreported cause of extrapleural empyema thoracis, namely, direct extension of a submandibular abscess, which occurred following dental extraction and presented initially as Ludwig's angina.

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