An unusual foreign body in the infratemporal fossa.
Infratemporal fossa injuries are uncommon and often go undetected presenting later with complications. We present a case of an infratemporal fossa penetrating injury with a ball point spring following a vehicular accident. Post-traumatic trismus even following supposedly trivial injury in the area should raise suspicion of possible injury in this location.
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.
Sharad
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Ramdas
Foreign body; infratemporal fossa; trismus