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The pterygoid hamulus as a pain-inducing factor. A report of a case and a radiographic study
G K Eyrich1, M C Locher, T Warnke
1Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
A case is reported of a patient suffering from untraceable pain in the palate. The hyperplastic pterygoid hamulus appeared to be the cause of his discomfort. A computed tomography study on 20 adult patients revealed a wide variation in the anatomy of this region, but a fairly consistent pattern in the left-right relationship in the same patient.