Abstract
In January 2011, a 36-year-old Chinese man was admitted to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, with a 6-month history of a progressive abnormality in the left cheek and restriction of mouth opening to no more than 1.0 cm (Figure 1). On admission, the patient's body temperature was 36.4°C; pulse, 72 beats per minute; respiration rate, 18 breaths per minute; and blood pressure, 110/85 mm Hg. His medical history indicated that he had not had temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems or any limitations of opening by antecedent trauma or tooth extraction.
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