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Ectopic bone formation after temporal muscle transposition for facial paralysis
1Division of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|June 6, 2000
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.