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Facial muscle wasting – caused by neurological tumour involving foramen ovale
Author(s) -
Ramsey R.A.,
Spencer H.R.,
Anand R.,
Brennan P.A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-248x.2009.01031.x
Subject(s) - medicine , foramen ovale (heart) , masticatory force , skull , wasting , patent foramen ovale , surgery , anatomy , dentistry , percutaneous
We report a rare case of a patient presenting to a dental practitioner with unilateral wasting of the masticatory muscles and inferior alveolar numbness secondary to a skull base tumour involving the foramen ovale.