Abboud et al 1 present an important overview of a neglected topic. Trismus is a devastating and danger-ous manifestation of head and neck cancer. More significantly, it is an increasingly prevalent ...

Both wooden spatulas and a device called Therabite are used to help people who aren’t able to fully open their mouths after radiotherapy. This study compared these 2 methods for people who had ...

Restricted mouth opening or trismus is often encountered in patients with head and neck cancer. The restriction may be the presenting sign of malignancy, a sequela of tumor site or growth, an adverse ...

To the Editor: Veugelers et al. (July 29 issue) 1 report on patients with the trismus–pseudocamptodactyly syndrome as having a “Carney complex variant.” Among more than 500 patients with the Carney ...

Soon after Wyatt Scott was born in June 2013, doctors realized that he couldn’t open his mouth — a very rare condition called congenital trismus. A year and a half later, the cause is still unknown.