Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Publication Date
7-1-2022
Journal
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present an interesting, rare case of a patient who experienced avascular necrosis of the maxilla associated with COVID-19 infection.
Methods and results: Our team retrospectively evaluated this patient's chart after completion of surgical management. The patient is a 72-year-old male who presented to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for surgical management of his infarcted maxilla, which developed as a sequela of infection with COVID-19. A literature review was completed using PubMed. Twenty-five articles are reviewed and discussed.
Conclusions: Infection with COVID-19 confers a hypercoagulable state in patients, leading to various complications in the head and neck region. In our case report, we present a patient who developed avascular necrosis of the maxilla secondary to infection with COVID-19. Thromboembolic prophylaxis is imperative in COVID-19 patients due to the high rate of potential systemic complications.
Keywords
Aged, COVID-19, Humans, Male, Maxilla, Osteonecrosis, Retrospective Studies
DOI
10.1016/j.joms.2022.04.015
PMID
35588767
PMCID
PMC9072768
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
5-6-2022
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Recommended Citation
Mañón, Victoria A; Balandran, Steven; Young, Simon; Wong, Mark; and Melville, James C, "COVID-Associated Avascular Necrosis of the Maxilla-A Rare, New Side Effect of COVID-19" (2022). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 120.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthdb_docs/120
Published Open-Access
yes