Bilateral Mastoid Process Hypertrophy Associated With Severe Trismus

Kimberley Sent-Doux; Mark H Moore; Swee T Tan

doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000007057

Bilateral Mastoid Process Hypertrophy Associated With Severe Trismus

J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Jun 1;32(4):e327-e329. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000007057.

Authors

Kimberley Sent-Doux¹, Mark H Moore², Swee T Tan^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial and Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.
² The Australian Craniofacial Unit, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand.
⁴ Departmenrt of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 32941221
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000007057

Abstract

The mastoid process, a pneumatized prominence of the temporal bone with air-filled air cells, grows with age. We present here a series of 4 patients with bilateral mastoid hypertrophy associated with severe trismus from different etiologies, and discuss the possible explanation of this observation.

MeSH terms

Humans
Hypertrophy
Mastoid* / diagnostic imaging
Temporal Bone
Trismus* / etiology