Coronoid process hyperplasia causing restricted opening and facial asymmetry.
A case of coronoid process hyperplasia is presented. The primary presenting complaint and clinical feature was restriction of opening, although there was marked facial asymmetry in the area of the right zygoma. Presurgical documentation of this anatomic variation by routine radiography and computed tomography with sagittal reconstruction is presented.
D000293:Adolescent; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D014313:Trismus / Q000209:etiology*