We had a case of foreign bodies in the right temporal by traffic accident.
June 12, 1985, a 22-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a complaint of traumatic trismus.22 days previously she had been transferred to a surgical hospital after the right side of her face hit the windshield in the traffic accident May 20, 1985.She was hospitalised for 21 days.A computed tomographic (CT) scan and radiographic appearance showed foreign bodies in the infra temporal region.We removed the foreign bodies consisting of 38 pieces of glass and 70 hairs under general anesthesia.The patient freed of trisumus after operation and is quite satisfied.
