Angina de Ludwig: hinchazón mandibular y cuello + dolor de garganta

Ludwig´s Angina

Wiler J. Emergency Medicine News: December 2009; 31 (12): 6,15,16

doi: 10.1097/01.EEM.0000365494.80041.47

"Ludwig's angina is a potentially life-threatening, rapidly progressive, gangrenous, and necrotizing cellulitis of the mouth floor (submandibular space), typically attributed to a primary dental infection, and it can lead to death within hours. The term comes from the Latin angere, meaning to strangle. Patients with the highest risk of life-threatening complications include those with immunocompromising conditions, such as diabetes mellitus and HIV and those with anterior visceral space extension or bilateral submandibular involvement."

http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2009/12000/Symptoms__Jaw_and_Neck_Swelling,_Sore_Throat.7.aspx?WT.mc_id=HPxADx20100319xMP

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