title: [A man with a crooked smile].
abstract: A 51-year-old man had a paresis of the right side of the lower lip after carotic endarterectomy. The diagnosis was 'pressure neuropathy of the right ramus marginalis mandibulae' caused by the operation. This neuropathy is self limiting.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus MC, afd. Neurowetenschappen, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: M A H Afzal
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bechan
authors.forename: Laura M C
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: van Dortmont
authors.forename: J Franka H M
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Claes
mesh_terms: D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005149:Facial Expression; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008875:Middle Aged; D012904:Smiling