The root cause of atypical facial cutaneous lesions: a case series
Fawad Aslam, Kevin McKenna · 2026
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Aslam and McKenna describe four patients with persistent lower-face skin lesions. The lesions were first suspected to be skin cancer. They turned out to be dental sinus tracts, drainage channels from infected teeth breaking through the skin. Such tracts are uncommon. Yet they are important mimics of squamous cell carcinoma that dermatologists can easily miss.
Detailed assessment, imaging, and tissue examination confirmed a dental source in each of the four cases. Treatments matched the underlying tooth problem. They included root canal therapy, tooth extraction, and removal of an associated cyst by enucleation. Every lesion resolved once the dental cause was treated. None needed the wider surgery a cancer diagnosis would have required. The authors urge dental evaluation for lower-face lesions that resist standard skin therapy. They also urge closer collaboration between dermatology and oral medicine.
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| CREATOR | Fawad Aslam, Kevin McKenna |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |