Question 294 · LDEK · Abscesses and phlegmons
Symptoms of an abscess of submandibular space include:
1) shimmying;
2) severe trismus;
3) dysphagia;
4) tenderness of masseter
5) acute pain
6) oedema of mandibular angle;
7) tense and reddened skin.
The correct answer is:
2) severe trismus;
3) dysphagia;
4) tenderness of masseter
5) acute pain
6) oedema of mandibular angle;
7) tense and reddened skin.
The correct answer is:
- A. 2, 3, 4, 7.
- B. 1, 2, 3, 5.
- C. 1, 4, 5, 7.
- D. 4, 5, 6, 7.
- E. 2, 4, 5, 6.
Hint
Picture an abscess lying deep to a thick muscle on the mandibular ramus — which signs dominate and which cannot be felt?
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