PRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA

Vol. 96   No.6   June　2003

A Case of Wood Fragment Foreign Body 
in the Masseter Muscle                              

Yo Kishimoto, Yasutaka Kawata, Shinji Suzuki, 
Takagita Shinichi and Kazuhiko Shouji
(Tenri Yorodu Hospital)

      We report a case of foreign body in the masseter muscle. A 73-year-old man sustained a small laceration of the left submandibular region during a fall onto a bush. Thereafter, he could not open his mouth fully. Ultrasound, CT and MRI imaging demonstrated a foreign body in the masseter muscle. Following removal of the wood fragment, trismus was improved.

Key words : wooden foreign body, trismus

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