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Calcification of the Sphenomandibular Ligament: A Rare Case of Restricted Mouth Opening in a Pediatric Patient Cover

Calcification of the Sphenomandibular Ligament: A Rare Case of Restricted Mouth Opening in a Pediatric Patient

Open Access
|Feb 2025

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Figure 1

Unenhanced CT scan showing an ossified structure located between the left mandibular ramus and the spine the left sphenoid (arrow).

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Figure 2

Contrast enhanced coronal T1 Dixon MRI scan showing the bony signal of the bony structure of the sphenoid spine (arrow) with no enhancement on the fat‑suppressed reconstructions (not shown).

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Figure 3

Axial T2 Dixon MRI scan showing edema infiltrating the lateral pterygoid muscles fibers (arrowhead) close to the ossified sphenomandibular ligament (arrow).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3749 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 29, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 28, 2025
Published on: Feb 18, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Sarah Kechtban, Pierre-Antoine Poncelet, Timothée Dontaine, published by Ubiquity Press
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