Waśniewska-Okupniak E, Pabiszczak M, Dąbrowski P, Młodkowska A. Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report. Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery. 2015;14(1):6-9.
APA
Waśniewska-Okupniak, E., Pabiszczak, M., Dąbrowski, P., & Młodkowska, A. (2015). Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report. Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery, 14(1), 6-9.
Chicago
Waśniewska-Okupniak, Elżbieta, Maciej Pabiszczak, Piotr Dąbrowski, and Anna Młodkowska. 2015. "Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report". Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery 14 (1): 6-9.
Harvard
Waśniewska-Okupniak, E., Pabiszczak, M., Dąbrowski, P., and Młodkowska, A. (2015). Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report. Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery, 14(1), pp.6-9.
MLA
Waśniewska-Okupniak, Elżbieta et al. "Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report." Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 14, no. 1, 2015, pp. 6-9.
Vancouver
Waśniewska-Okupniak E, Pabiszczak M, Dąbrowski P, Młodkowska A. Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report. Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery. 2015;14(1):6-9.
Trismus is a rare symptom of the nasopharyngeal cancer diagnosed in all of 5% of patients. It occurrence provides the most frequently infiltration by the tumor or masseter muscles. It arises as a tonic spasm of the masseter muscles due to infiltration motor fibers of the trigeminal nerve. Symptoms are usually diagnosed instantly by the patient and arousing his anxiety. It presented a case of 20 year-old woman with advanced nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal adenocarcinoma. Despite of severe mouth opening lasting more than a year patient didn’t seek medical help to explain the cause of this disease.
