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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2008

A 2-year-old girl has body temperature 38,5°C, a swelling below her jaw on the right. On the 5th day of illness there apeared rhinitis, cough, a small movable globule under her lower jaw on the right. Objectively: general condition of the child is moderately severe. The face is asymmetric due to the swelling in the right submaxillary area. The skin is hyperemic, glossy, there is a diffuse infiltrate in the right submaxillary area spreading to the upper neck parts on the right, it is dense and painful; the skin doesn’t make folds. Teeth are healthy. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Adenophlegmon of the right submaxillary area
  2. Acute purulent periostitis of mandible on the right
  3. Chronic osteomyelitis of mandible on the right
  4. Acute nonodontogenic submandibular lymphadenitis on the right
  5. Acute sialoadenitis of the right submandibular salivary gland
Correct answer

Adenophlegmon of the right submaxillary area

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