Limited mouth opening and shortened flexor muscle-tendon units: 'trismus-pseudocamptodactyly'.
The association of hand and oro-facial deformities is not uncommon. A case is reported, the literature reviewed and a plea made to discard the term Trismus-Pseudocamptodactyly in favour of the original or a more descriptive title.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology; D012026:Reflex, Stretch; D013710:Tendons / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014313:Trismus / Q000209:etiology*