@Article{Waśniewska-Okupniak2015,
journal="Postępy w chirurgii głowy i\ szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery",
issn="1643-9279",
volume="14",
number="1",
year="2015",
title="Trismus as underestimated symptom of the pharynx cancer recognised in 20-year-old woman. Case report",
abstract=" 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. ",
author="Waśniewska-Okupniak, Elżbieta
and Pabiszczak, Maciej
and Dąbrowski, Piotr
and Młodkowska, Anna",
pages="6--9",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Trismus-as-underestimated-symptom-of-the-pharynx-cancer-recognised-in-20-year-old-woman-Case-report,11,25504,1,1.html"
}