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Case Reports
. 2000 May;105(6):2079-81.
doi: 10.1097/00006534-200005000-00023.

Ectopic bone formation after temporal muscle transposition for facial paralysis

X R Bakker  1 , J P Nicolai
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Case Reports

Ectopic bone formation after temporal muscle transposition for facial paralysis

X R Bakker et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000 May.

Abstract

This report describes the case of a patient with congenital bilateral facial paralysis in whom ectopic bone formation developed following temporal muscle transposition. Ectopic bone formation was first noticed 4 years after surgery. Whether the ossification is a result of the transfer of periosteum or the osteogenic capacity of muscular tissue is still unknown.

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