title: Severe postburn contracture of cheek mucosa leading to false temporomandibular joint ankylosis.
abstract: A case of burn injury to lips and cheek mucosa is reported who developed severe contracture of cheek mucosa leading to inability to open mouth. Patient was misdiagnosed as a case of temporomandibular ankylosis and was managed on those lines to no relief. When the contracture was released and soft tissue defect repaired with nasolabial flap, patient gained near normal mouth opening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Services Institute of Medical Sciences and Services Hospital, Lahore. sacheema2002@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Saeed Ashraf
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cheema
authors.forename: Farhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000844:Ankylosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002610:Cheek; D003286:Contracture / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices