It’s a type of gangrene that destroys mucous membranes of the mouth and other tissues.
Noma is a severe disfiguring gangrene of the mouth and face that starts as a gingival ulcer and spreads rapidly through the tissues of the mouth and face.
Noma (also referred to as cancrum oris, fusospirochetal gangrene,necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis, stomatitis gangrenosa) is a rapidly progressive, polymicrobial, often gangrenous infection of the mouth
Incidence
Cancrum oris is now rarely seen in the industrial world, but in many developing countries it is not uncommon.
Although cancrum oris can occur at any age, you will see it most commonly in a malnourished child between 1 and 5, whose general health has been further weakened by some infectious disease
World Health Organization figures suggest it affects 140,000 children a year.
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