TY - JOUR AU - Shweta Bansal AU - Ruchi Juneja AU - Gyanendra Mishra AU - Akshay Nambiar PY - 2018/02/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Significance of Correct Diagnosis of Odontogenic Extraoral Sinus: A Report Of Two Cases JF - International Healthcare Research Journal JA - IHRJ VL - 1 IS - 11 SE - Case Report(s) DO - 10.26440/IHRJ/01_11/142 UR - https://ihrjournal.com/ihrj/article/view/82 AB - Cutaneous draining sinus tracts of odontogenic origin often are a diagnostic challenge. A delay in correctly diagnosing these types of lesions can result in unnecessary antibiotic therapy and surgical treatment. This case report presents the clinical course of two cases with extra-oral sinus tract formation, from diagnosis and treatment to short-term follow-up and evaluation. These facial lesions were initially misdiagnosed as lesions of non-odontogenic origin. Later on an odontogenic cause was identified and endodontic intervention resulted in resolution of the problem, confirming the initial misdiagnosis. ER -