title: Foreign body in the medial pterygoid space.
abstract: Retained intra-oral foreign bodies have been reported rarely in the literature. A case of a foreign body retained for an extended period of time in the medial pterygoid space is reported here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kruger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsakiris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors