Complicação sistêmica de angina de Ludwig: relato de caso

Objetivo: relatar um caso clinico de complicacao sistemica de Angina de Ludwig. Relato do caso: homem de 25 anos,atendido no Pronto Socorro Municipal de Belem apresentando aumento de volume na regiao cervical e sintomatologiana regiao submandibular. Apos realizacao de exames clinicos e radiograficos contatou-se que a infeccao tinha origemodontogenica. Durante a internacao, a infeccao disseminou-se para o mediastino e para os rins ocasionando nefropatiacronica bilateral. O paciente obteve alta melhorado, sendo encaminhado para hemodialise. Consideracoes finais: a anginade Ludwig deve ser diagnosticada e tratada o mais breve possivel ja que pode evoluir para complicacoes sistemicas. Objective: report a case of systemic complication of Ludwig?s Angina. Case report: a man of 25 years sought carein Pronto Socorro Municipal of Belem presenting a volume increase in symptoms in the neck and submandibularregion. After clinical and radiographic examination contacted that the infection was odontogenic origin. Duringhospitalization, the infection spread to the mediastinum and the bilateral kidneys causing chronic nephropathy.Thepatient was discharged improved and was reffered for hemodialysis. Final considerations: the Ludwig?s Anginashould be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible as it can progress to systemic complications