Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod · Mar 2006
Case ReportsFatal hyperthermia due to dental treatment.
A 12-year-old boy with mental retardation and cerebral palsy developed hyperthermia during dental treatment performed while he was conscious. During the treatment, he was highly excited, and shortly after completion of the procedure, general muscular spasms occurred. His axillary temperature was 41.6 degrees C then. ⋯ It was thought that hyperthermia had led to rhabdomyolysis and DIC. The cause of death is discussed. Hyperthermia in a handicapped patient is not always transient or benign, and can be life threatening.