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Cutaneous draining sinus tract of odontogenic origin

A case of chronic misdiagnosis

Mohammad I. Al-Obaida and Ebtissam M. Al-Madi
Saudi Medical Journal March 2019, 40 (3) 292-297; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.3.23963
Mohammad I. Al-Obaida
From the Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ebtissam M. Al-Madi
From the Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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