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Acute Pericarditis And Acute Pleuritis/Empyema Following Submandibular Infection In A Covid-19 Positive Patient - An Autopsy Revealing The Danger Space Of The Neck, Jessica D. Anderson, Seyedalireza Fatemi, Joseph Fullmer, Ping I. Zhang Oct 2022

Acute Pericarditis And Acute Pleuritis/Empyema Following Submandibular Infection In A Covid-19 Positive Patient - An Autopsy Revealing The Danger Space Of The Neck, Jessica D. Anderson, Seyedalireza Fatemi, Joseph Fullmer, Ping I. Zhang

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Acute pericarditis and empyema are life-threatening complications of severe odontogenic infections; reports of these findings from an autopsy perspective are rare. We report an autopsy case demonstrating infection from the mandibular molars to the pericardium and pleura in a patient following Covid-19 infection