The management of a dental abscess in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria. A case report

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1992 May;73(5):575-8. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(92)90101-u.

Abstract

The case of a 40-year-old white woman with a periapical abscess of pulpal origin and the medical condition of acute intermittent porphyria is described. The oral and dental management of the case with reference to complications, etiology, and symptoms of acute intermittent porphyria is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Contraindications
  • Dental Care for Disabled
  • Drug Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Periapical Abscess / complications*
  • Periapical Abscess / drug therapy
  • Periapical Abscess / therapy
  • Porphyrias / complications*
  • Prilocaine / therapeutic use
  • Root Canal Therapy

Substances

  • Prilocaine