Meningitis with septic shock resulting from odontogenic infection misdiagnosed as closed-lock in temporomandibular disorder: A case report and literature review

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 102; no. 27; p. e34177
• Main Authors: Yoshizawa, Kunio, Hanihara, Mitsuto, Harada, Daiki, Myose, Natsuhiko, Sakata, Hiroki, Moriguchi, Takeshi, Moroi, Akinori, Ueki, Koichiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 07.07.2023
• Subjects: Aged; Clinical Case Report; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Errors; Humans; Male; Meningitis - complications; Meningitis - diagnosis; Shock, Septic - etiology; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - diagnosis

Infections that spread to the pterygomandibular muscle can be misdiagnosed as temporomandibular disorder (TMD) because of the resulting difficulty in opening the mouth. Importantly, infection of the pterygomandibular space can extend to the skull base in the early stages, and a delay in therapeutic...