Repair of a cheek defect with the tissue expander method: a case report

Bull Tokyo Dent Coll. 1997 Nov;38(4):311-6.

Abstract

A 28-year-old female had a severe depressed deformity of the left cheek due to false local injection of ZnCl2 into her buccal mucosa instead of an anesthetic. After several attempts at plastic surgery in another hospital with unsatisfactory results, she was treated surgically in our clinic using cheek skin expanded by a tissue expander. The outcome was satisfactory.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cheek
  • Chlorides / adverse effects
  • Cicatrix / chemically induced
  • Cicatrix / surgery
  • Facial Asymmetry / chemically induced
  • Facial Asymmetry / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mouth Mucosa / drug effects
  • Mouth Mucosa / surgery
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Tissue Expansion Devices*
  • Zinc Compounds / adverse effects

Substances

  • Chlorides
  • Zinc Compounds
  • zinc chloride