A 19 years male patient came to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery outpatient department
with chief complaint of progressively reducing mouth opening for the past four months.
History, clinical and radiological examination strongly suggested it to be a rare case of
myositis ossificans traumatica which was subsequently confirmed histopathologically. The
patient was managed by extirpation of the ossified left lateral and medial pterygoid muscles
with interpositioning of split thickness temporalis muscle and fascia flap and post-operative …

ABSTRACT A 19 years male patient came to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery outpatient
department with chief complaint of progressively reducing mouth opening for the past four
months. History, clinical and radiological examination strongly suggested it to be a rare case
ofmyositis ossificans traumatica which was subsequently confirmed histopathologically. The
patient was managed by extirpation of the ossified left lateral and medial pterygoid muscles
with inter positioning of split thickness temporalis muscle and fascia flap and post-operative …