title: Trismus as a presenting symptom in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
abstract: Trismus is a more common symptom in NPC patients with young age and an indicator of advanced primary tumour. Overall response rate after treatment was 88%. Trismus recovered in majority of patients at the end of treatment and patients with complete recovery of trismus may have a better survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. eozyar@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Enis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozyar
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cengiz
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gurkaynak
authors.forename: I Lale
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Atahan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014313:Trismus / Q000209:etiology*