BACKGROUND Here we report a very rare entity of an infratemporal region aggressive fibromatosis in a 23-year-old Tharu man who had presented with the symptoms of painless but progressive trismus. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of aggressive fibromatosis in a 23-year-old Tharu man. Radiological imaging as well as an immunohistochemistry panel from a biopsy indicated a diagnosis of an agg...

by increasing number of vessels. salivary gland tumors are uncommon and their overall incidence is about 3 per 100000 per year. salivary gland hemangioma makes up 1 % of all salivary gland tumors. trismus resulting from parotid hemangioma is so rare. the patient was a 6-month-old boy with a huge lesion in his right parotid who referred to shahid sadoughi hospital of yazd, iran. the lesion appea...

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of dexamethasone in alleviating pain and trismus patients who underwent extraction third molars. Methodology: A total 120 took part this randomized, controlled trial. The wisdom teeth were surgically extracted under local anesthesia. randomly assigned to one two group study control with 60 each group. Preoperative Postoperative measurements edema, analyzed. I...

Background. Different surgical variables are assumed to play a role in postoperative course after lower third molar extraction. The aim of study was to assess whether flap design and duration of surgery can influence acute postoperative symptoms and signs after lower third molar extraction. Methods. Twenty-five patients scheduled for lower third molar extraction were included in this study and ...

INTRODUCTION Desmoid tumors are benign neoplasms composed of fibrous tissue arising from musculoaponeurotic structures throughout the body. These are rare lesions accounting for only 0.03% of all tumors. Alternate names for this tumor include grade I fibrosarcoma and aggressive fibromatosis. The majority of these neoplasms present in the abdomen, with only 12% to 15% presenting in the head and ...

Diseases causing trismus or pain of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) include temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJD), trauma, tumors and an inflammation. This report describes two cases of masticator space abscesses causing trismus and TMJ pain, which were initially diagnosed as TMJD. The first case was a 62-year-old female suffering from trismus and right-TMJ pain without swelling or redness...

Objectives: A study is made of corticosteroid use in controlling pain, swelling and trismus after lower third molar surgical removal. Material and methods: A Medline search and review was made of all randomized and controlled clinical trials on the effects of corticosteroids upon pain, swelling and trismus after lower third molar surgery. The review was limited to those studies published in the...

i ntroduction: our study was designed to assess the effect of the submucosal injection of dexamethasone on postoperative discomfort after surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molars. m at erials and methods : twenty six patients with bilaterally bony impacted mandibular third molars were recruited to this split mouth study. on the study side, prior to surgery, 8 mg of dexamethasone was...

In the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, patients with trismus can be easily identified. If the cause of trismus is infection of the masticatory space near the pterygoid plexus, the possibility of cavernous sinus thrombosis should be considered. We report the case of a patient who presented with limited mouth opening and progressed to cavernous sinus thrombosis, along with a review ...