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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ISSN: 2643-3907

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Araújo AVA, Cesconetto LDA, Neto ADDA, Cerqueira DDA, Souza RCNE, et al. (2019) Myositis Ossificans Traumatica of Bilateral Medial and Lateral Pterygoid Muscles: A Case Report. Res Rep Oral Maxillofac Surg 3:022. 10.23937/iaoms-2017/1710022

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© 2019 Araújo AVA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/iaoms-2017/1710022

Myositis Ossificans Traumatica of Bilateral Medial and Lateral Pterygoid Muscles: A Case Report

André Vitor Alves Araújo1, Lorenzzo De Angeli Cesconetto1*, Antonio Dionizio De Albuquerque Neto1, Daniel De Assunção Cerqueira1, Rodrigo Calado Nunes E Souza1 and Almiro J Machado Júnior2

1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mário Gatti City Hospital, Campinas, SP, Brazil

2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Campinas State University, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Abstract

Myositis Ossificans is characterized by the heterotopic formation of bone inside a muscle, tendons and ligaments. This pathology is traditionally classified into two groups: Myositis Ossificans Progressiva and Myositis Ossificans Traumatica. The pathogenesis of Myositis Ossificans Traumatica is still not well established. Because it is uncommon in the maxillofacial region, there are no consolidated treatment protocols. The purpose of this study is to present a case of a patient who evolved with Myositis Ossificans Traumatica of the masticatory muscles after performing third molar extraction.