China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2023, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (4): 421-424.doi: 10.19438/j.cjoms.2023.04.018

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Diagnosis and treatment of oral soft tissue infection caused by pericoronitis after bone marrow transplantation: a case report

PANG Chao-yuan, TIAN Wen-yan   

  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA. Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
  • Received:2022-08-09 Revised:2022-09-22 Online:2023-07-20 Published:2023-08-16

Abstract: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(HSCT) is one of the important methods for the treatment of severe aplastic anemia(SAA). Some oral complications will occur during bone marrow transplantation period such as oral ulcer and infections. Prevention and treatment of these oral complications reasonably is the key to the success of bone marrow transplantation. In this paper, we reported the clinical treatment of a patient with oral soft tissue infection caused by pericoronitis after bone marrow transplantation, in order to investigate oral health management of bone marrow transplantation patients and provide some reference to improve the success rate of bone marrow transplantation.

Key words: Severe aplastic anemia, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Pericoronitis, Oral soft tissue infection

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