Vincent angina

Vincent angina
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and spirochetes) are thought to be involved. Vincent's angina is best treated with the antibiotic penicillin. This condition is also called Vincent (or Vincent's) angina after the French physician Henri Vincent (1862-1950). The word “angina” comes from the Latin “angere” meaning "to choke or throttle." As with most poorly understood diseases, Vincent angina goes by many other names including acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG), acute membranous gingivitis, fusospirillary gingivitis, fusospirillosis, fusospirochetal gingivitis, necrotizing gingivitis, phagedenic gingivitis, ulcerative gingivitis, Vincent stomatitis, Vincent gingivitis, and Vincent infection.

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a type of membranous pharyngitis consisting of painful ulceration with edema and hyperemic patches; it represents spread of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis to the oropharynx.

Vincent angina.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Vincent angina gingivitis — Vin·cent angina, gingivitis (vă sahґ) [Henri Vincent, French physician, 1862–1950] see under angina, and see necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, under gingivitis …   Medical dictionary

  • Plaut-Vincent-Angina —   [ vɛ̃ sã ; nach dem Bakteriologen Hugo Carl Plaut, * 1858, ✝ 1928, und dem französischen Epidemiologen Hyacinthe Vincent, * 1862, ✝ 1950], meist einseitige Mandelentzündung, die mit tiefer Geschwürbildung, schmierigem, graugrünlichem Belag und… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • angina de Vincent — Vincent, angina de otorrin. Amigdalitis que se caracteriza por la existencia de una ulceración semejante al chancro indurado. Está provocada por una asociación entre bacilos fusiformes y espiroquetas. angina de Vincent f. patol. Afección causada… …   Diccionario médico

  • Plaut-Vincent-Angina — Pla̲u̲t Vịncent Angina [korrekt eigentlich: ...wän̶g̶ ßa̱n̶g̶...]: = Angina Plaut Vincenti …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • Vincent —   [vɛ̃ sã],    1) Hyacinthe, französischer Epidemiologe, * Bordeaux 22. 12. 1862, ✝ Paris 23. 11. 1950; ab 1925 Professor am Collège de France in Paris; arbeitete über Ätiologie und Pathogenese von Wundstarrkrampf, Gasbrand, Typhus, Ruhr u. a.… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Angina, Vincent — This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and spirochetes)… …   Medical dictionary

  • Angina Plaut-Vincent — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A69 Sonstige Spirochäteninfektionen A69.1 Sonstige Fusospirochätosen Plaut Vincent Angina …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Vincent infection — This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and spirochetes)… …   Medical dictionary

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