title: [Yahel's syndrome. Apropos of an unusual case of a foreign body lodged in the pterygo-maxillary fossa].
abstract: The authors report and discuss the clinical and radiological features of a foreign body stuck in the infratemporal fossa (Yahel's syndrome). Access to the infratemporal fossa was gained using the modified Pellerin-Donazzan procedure.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cirurgia Maxilo-Facíal, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Autunes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Albino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000293:injuries; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000293:injuries; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000293:injuries; D013577:Syndrome; D014754:Violence; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications*; D015050:Zygoma / Q000293:injuries
vernacular_title: Syndrome de Yahel. A propos d'un cas rare de corps étranger logé dans la fosse ptérygo-maxillaire.