Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report

Elżbieta Waśniewska-Okupniak; Maciej Pabiszczak; Piotr Dąbrowski; Anna Młodkowska

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Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report

Elżbieta Waśniewska-Okupniak

,

Maciej Pabiszczak

,

Piotr Dąbrowski

,

Anna Młodkowska

Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2015; 1: 6–9

Online publish date: 2015/07/09

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Trismus is a rare symptom of the nasopharyngeal cancer diagnosed in all of 5% of patients. It occurrence provides the most frequently infiltration by the tumor or masseter muscles. It arises as a tonic spasm of the masseter muscles due to infiltration motor fibers of the trigeminal nerve. Symptoms are usually diagnosed instantly by the patient and arousing his anxiety. It presented a case of 20 year-old woman with advanced nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal adenocarcinoma. Despite of severe mouth opening lasting more than a year patient didn’t seek medical help to explain the cause of this disease.

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Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report

Elżbieta Waśniewska-Okupniak , Maciej Pabiszczak , Piotr Dąbrowski , Anna Młodkowska

trismus, nasopharyngeal adenocarcinoma

Elżbieta Waśniewska-Okupniak

,

Maciej Pabiszczak

,

Piotr Dąbrowski

,

Anna Młodkowska