Posttraumatic condylar hyperplasia.
Posttraumatic condylar hyperplasia can result in complex facial asymmetry composed of degrees of condylar and ramus overgrowth, malocclusion, and complementary maxillary deformity. Three patients with unilateral condylar hyperplasia are described to illustrate the scope of surgical and orthodontic treatment required to restore facial symmetry. Condylar hyperplasia with facial asymmetry should be recognized as a possible consequence of condylar injury, and further delineation of the onset and natural history of this deformity could lead to investigations or intervention before the establishment of all the components of the deformity.
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Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco 94143.
Vargervik
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Tomer
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Ousterhout
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery