Review Article
Lingual Abscess: Predisposing Factors, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Management
Table 3
Summary of the prior case series of lingual abscess.
| | Year | Authors | No. of cases | Case | Sex | Age (y) | Underlying disease | Source of infection | Clinical presentation (severity) | Abscess location | Sub-lingual infection | Anaesthesia | Drainage |
| | 1970 | Jain HK, et al | 2 | No. 1 | F | 26 | No | No | & | Middle 1/3 | No | LA | Aspiration | | No. 2 | F | 4 | No | No | Pain & | Anterior 1/3 | No | LA | I & D |
| | 1996 | Jungell P, et al | 2 | No. 1 | M | 40 | No | No | Pain & | Middle 1/3 | No | LA | I & D | | No. 2 | M | 51 | No | No | Pain & | Middle 1/3 | No | LA | I & D |
| | 2004 | Antoniades K, et al | 3 | No. 1 | M | 55 | Thyroid cancer | Trauma | ,, Dyspnea | Anterior 2/3 | Yes | LA | Aspiration+I&D | | No. 2 | M | 53 | Leukemia | Dental | ,, Dyspnea | Anterior 2/3 | Yes | LA | Aspiration+I&D | | No. 3 | M | 49 | DM | Fish bone | & | Anterior 2/3 | No | LA | I & D |
| | 2004 | Balatsouras DG, et al | 4 | No. 1 | F | 67 | DM | No | Pain & | Posterior 1/3 | No | LA | Aspiration | | No. 2 | M | 58 | No | No | & | Middle +posterior 1/3 | No | LA | Aspiration | | No. 3 | M | 44 | No | No | Pain & | Middle 1/3 | No | LA | Aspiration | | No. 4 | M | 65 | DM | No | & | Posterior 1/3 | No | LA | Aspiration |
| | 2006 | Kiroglu AF, et al | 2 | No. 1 | M | 7 | No | No | & | BOT | No | GA | Aspiration | | No. 2 | F | 14 | No | Fish bone | & | BOT | No | GA | Aspiration |
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F: female, M: male, : painful tongue + odynophagia, : tongue swelling, LA: local anaesthesia, GA: general anaesthesia, I & D: incision & drainage, DM: diabetes mellitus, BOT: base of tongue. |
