Introduction The mylohyoid muscle in the floor of the mouth forms part of the oral diaphragm. It also forms the floor of the submental triangle, the sides of which are formed by anterior bellies of the digastric muscles. There are a number of reports which suggest variations of the digastric muscle to be more frequent in comparison to variations of the mylohyoid muscle [1, 2]. The present repor...

The maintenance of axial atonia during REM sleep was monitored in 14 patients with primary torsion dystonia, 10 patients with secondary torsion dystonia, and 10 normal subjects using submental EMG and video EEG telemetry. The excitability of the corticospinal tract during REM sleep was also assessed using scalp magnetic stimulation in seven patients and three controls. During REM sleep dystonic...

Chin liposuction is a procedure for removing fat from the submental region that can generate significant aesthetic and functional complications. Subcutaneous hematoma one of these unusual physical changes characterized by accumulation blood in an ectopic space. A 25-year-old Caucasian male patient came to emergency room 3 days after double chin liposuction, complaining decreased cervical mobili...

introduction: reconstruction of intraoral soft tissue defects is important in restoring function and esthetic. in large defects, there will be demand for regional pedicle flaps or free flaps. hard palate separates nasal and oral cavities. due to the small surface area between flap and remaining palate after surgical resections, optimal blood supply of the flaps for hard palate reconstructions a...

In essence, the article published in 1998 described a technique for performing a platysmaplasty in conjunction with suction lipectomy of the submental area through a 2.5-cm submental incision to treat the “heavy” neck or the neck with an oblique cervicomandibular angle without using periauricular skin incisions.1 I reported my results of 56 patients treated between 1981 and 1997. As this relati...

OBJECTIVE To clarify presentations, organisms, and locations of deep neck abscesses in children. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Tertiary children's hospital. The study population comprised 169 patients younger than 19 years who were surgically treated for deep neck abscesses between 1989 and 1999. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Resolution of abscess. RESULTS Neck mass (91%), fever (86%), ce...