An unusual cause for trismus caused by mandibular coronoid osteoma: a case report.
- Author:
Shirin VASHISHTH
1
;
Kanika GARG
;
Prashant PATIL
;
Venkatraman SREENIVASAN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Osteoma; Mandible; Trismus
- MeSH: Female; Humans; Mandible; Osteoma; Paranasal Sinuses; Skeleton; Trismus
- From:Imaging Science in Dentistry 2013;43(1):45-48
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Osteoma is a dense bony proliferation of otherwise normal membranous bone. This tumor is essentially restricted to the craniofacial skeleton and is rarely diagnosed in other bones. The mandible and the paranasal sinuses are the most common sites, while the involvement of the coronoid process has been reported in only 6 cases so far. This report demonstrated a case of osteoma occurring at the mandibular coronoid process in a 26-year-old female patient. The patient was managed with surgical resection of the osteoma followed by physiotherapy.
