A chronic organized masseter abscess causing trismus resolved by hemi- masseter myotomy

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 140-142

  Nishimura, T ^a   Okabe, Y ^a   Furukawa, M ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYOTOMY; PAROTIDECTOMY; PAROTITIS; TRISMUS;

EID: 0029976514     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(96)80021-6     Document Type: Article

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