Osteomyelitis of the cervical spine developed in two children following dental extraction. A significant delay in diagnosis and treatment in both cases may have contributed to subsequent permanent spinal deformities. The possibility of cervical osteomyelitis must be considered in a child when severe neck pain develops following dental extraction.
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Pinckney et al. (1980) studied this question.
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